Just a word of friendly advice. If you're having one of those days where you overslept, barely have on any (if at all) make-up, and your hair's in a ponytail, guess what??? You're gonna need to be prepared to have your picture taken. It'll coincidentally be school picture day, which you forgot (true story), or the day that the yearbook kids have conveniently come by to snap a picture of you working. For instance, today...I'm in crazy work mode, looking a mess, hair in a ponytail, wearing smudged glasses because for some reason they won't come clean today, and i forgot to brush my teeth this morning because I was running late, so I just feel gross. In come the yearbook kids trying to get a picture of me working. Obviously, I feel a hot mess, so I can only imagine what I look like. Dare I sneak a restroom break to look? Better not...don't really want to know. Anyway, stay on your toes all you student teachers/ first years.
~Ms. Brown
About Me
- Erin Rigot
- Greenville, SC
- I am a second year teacher originally from Augusta, GA. I just got married in July and my husband and I LOVE Greenville. This blog is to provide connections between my students and their parents.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Gold Nugget
One of the reasons I love my job is that I love working with kids. While grading exams, I found this cute little nugget:
The assignment was to write 6 things they've learned in life science so far that weren't on the exam.
My student, Johnnie, responded this way:
I learned big words such as deciduous, eutrophication, and ion.
I learned my niche at home is to be a good, smart, intelligent son.
I love this kid. He's adorable. The phrase "big words" from a seventh grader. Precious.
~Ms. Brown
The assignment was to write 6 things they've learned in life science so far that weren't on the exam.
My student, Johnnie, responded this way:
I learned big words such as deciduous, eutrophication, and ion.
I learned my niche at home is to be a good, smart, intelligent son.
I love this kid. He's adorable. The phrase "big words" from a seventh grader. Precious.
~Ms. Brown
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Terrifying Moment that I'm sure will be funny later
I took all my grading to my parents' house (4 hours away) over the winter break. When I got back to school and went to pull out my gradebook and my last couple of remaining "to-be graded" stacks, they weren't in my school bag. I pushed the panic away and decided that they must be in the house or in my car somewhere. So, I came home last night expecting to find my gradebook. Long story short, it was in the back of my dad's car....four hours' drive away. It is now Tuesday night, and grades are due by midnight Thursday. Totally panicking now. My dad is my hero for scanning some of the grades and overnighting my gradebook and ungraded papers. So, hopefully they'll arrive sometime Thursday and I can rush to get everything done after work but before midnight. Here's to hoping, and here's to hoping this will be a really funny oops! moment sometime in the future. For right now, I'm terrified that I won't be able to get my grades in on time.
~Ms. Brown
~Ms. Brown
Maybe
This is my second consecutive entire day with my first period class. Three hours left with them, but as of right now, I'm not sick and tired of them yet. They're not getting on my nerves, and I'm actually having a really good day. Minus the fact that they're taking an exam, and my bladder feels like it's absolutely going to burst. Maybe #1- Maybe I COULD teach in a self-contained/ elementary classroom. I've always wondered.
Maybe # 2- Maybe this school will be great next year. If I am given the opportunity to teach at this school again next year, and we can continue to keep our star students and recruit a good number of similar students, I think this would be, like, one of the greatest schools ever. I had a great conversation with the parent of one of the basketball players (not my student) about the school, the students, and what it's like working for the school. I told him that I really do enjoy it, especially now that behavior's finally improving and I feel like I can teach more and discipline less. Maybe, Maybe, we'll continue on the path to being a leading school. I'm so glad the first-year bumps are smoothing themselves out.
Maybe # 3- Maybe my roommates and I will stop having such vivid, weird dreams and nightmares. Last night after dinner, we talked about how frequently we have school-related dreams/ nightmares. Dreaming about the realities that our students face and that we as teachers face on a daily basis is borderline terrifying. I mean, I spend ALL day with these kids and their parents. When I go to sleep, I want to dream about something nice, like long vacations and lazy days on the beach.
Maybe, maybe, maybe. I guess we'll see.
~Ms. Brown
Maybe # 2- Maybe this school will be great next year. If I am given the opportunity to teach at this school again next year, and we can continue to keep our star students and recruit a good number of similar students, I think this would be, like, one of the greatest schools ever. I had a great conversation with the parent of one of the basketball players (not my student) about the school, the students, and what it's like working for the school. I told him that I really do enjoy it, especially now that behavior's finally improving and I feel like I can teach more and discipline less. Maybe, Maybe, we'll continue on the path to being a leading school. I'm so glad the first-year bumps are smoothing themselves out.
Maybe # 3- Maybe my roommates and I will stop having such vivid, weird dreams and nightmares. Last night after dinner, we talked about how frequently we have school-related dreams/ nightmares. Dreaming about the realities that our students face and that we as teachers face on a daily basis is borderline terrifying. I mean, I spend ALL day with these kids and their parents. When I go to sleep, I want to dream about something nice, like long vacations and lazy days on the beach.
Maybe, maybe, maybe. I guess we'll see.
~Ms. Brown
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