just some thoughts...

so i would like you few who read this to know that you really learn a lot from the kids... for example in reference to my last post about slag words... i had someone text me and ask me about the definition of a word that my students use... every day is a blessing that i have picked this profession. i cannot wait to be a "real" teacher and have kids want to come back year after year to stop by and say "Hi!"

i think the real joy in this job is when a student has an AH HA moment... when they realize that everything you have been teaching them finally makes sense... i cant wait to have days full of AH HA moments!!!

so it is with sad news that i say that i am leaving wichita falls in 2 weeks for good!! i will post later about all the memories i have had in this place and how much i am going to miss it but on to bigger and better things right!!!

Swagg

okay so my 5th graders think that i am totally out of it! hahah and to that they are 95% right but i have friends like brandy who keep me in check.
so what all this blubbering is about, a few of the 5th grade girls think that ms. p knows very little about current culture. well they would be right in the sense that ms.p does not know how to speak ebonics!!! so what do these girls do when they find this out?? well they me a list of words of course!!!! with specific instructions to know all of these words by the end of the year and to be able to use them in a sentence towards someone. let me divulge some of these words with you....
1. kickin'- good or bad
example in a sentence: man your breath is kickin'
treanslation: you have bad breath

2. swagg- style
example in a sentence: oh girl i like your swagg
translation: you look nice, you have a nice style i like it

3. ight- alright

4. ain't i- aren't i

i mean honestly the list goes on and on.... and my response to all of this for my girls was, "who is going to give you a job when you speak like this? How are you going to write a well written paper if you write your paper how you speak??" These girls just sat there and laughed saying and i quote "ms. p you so silly" haha oh how i love teaching never a dull moment

New Semester, New School

So this semester in block 3 i have been put in a new school, the school is Alamo here in Wichita Falls. the school is that of an inner city school, as far as this town is concerned. The kids here come from so many different backgrounds that it really opened my eyes to what really goes on out side of the bubble i live in.

yesterday was really my first day in the classroom with the kids. it was so much fun i was able to teach an entire period a lesson from start to finish with little to no help from the teacher, which i really enjoyed because how else can you learn but being thrown into it and just doing it!

well i get to eat lunch with the kids and so after the lesson i asked if anyone would like to sit with me at lunch, i needed a lunch buddy. Not only did this make me feel like i was in the 5th grade all over again, i was nervous that no one wanted to sit by me, how silly right, im a 23 year old afraid of a bunch of 5th graders and their judgement!! haha well after a long pause one little girl said okay ms p ill sit with you, i was so relieved hahah

at lunch we got talking about our likes and dislikes and our families, i could never imagine living the lives these kids do, so many different things going on, and yet they come to school and smile and have fun and make great grades! i can only hope to be a teacher that inspires them to continue with their education

School

i better start liking it because i will be in school the rest of my life... i do not think that i have been in the library this much in the past three years as i have this past week. So much to do so little time to do it in, i think i am going to go crazy!!!!!!!

on a sad note, this thursday is my last day with my 3rd grade class, im really sad about it, i have grown to love these kids even on the days when i want to kill some of them! hahah i really am going to miss the smiles and hugs and the hey ms. p look at this hahahah

i am also really sad that graduation is coming up, i have a lot of friends that are graduating and moving on, and it is going to be bittersweet

Silly Kids....

so i would just like to let everyone know that kids really will tell you everything... there is no filter on them and however cute that is sometimes it makes for very awkward moments in the classroom. I had a student tell me that the reason he was moving was because his mom and dad could not stand to live together anymore when his mom and her boyfriend were living in the room next to his dad.... AWKWARD!!! i mean i think it makes for table talk when you come home that night. But i would like to say i know for a fact that i cannot teach real young kids. i'm talking like pk3-3 im sorry kids i love all of you and i will forever babysit your age group but i cannot be responsible for your education i just cant teach you im not creative and i dont have time to deal with you all telling on each other... it drives me crazy! and its ironic because i was that kid who wanted to be the teaechers pet so i would tell on anyone and everyone so that the teacher would like me... well now that i am that teacher, it doesnt make me like you it makes me totally annoyed by you!! hahah oh life you are funny 90% of the time.

on a slightly off topic note, halloweeen was a complete success, i really enjoyed all aspects of the weekend. friday started off on a good note then we won the soccer game, and then it was time for hallobash... saturday was a BLAST i mean besides having to wake up to go to work, i had a BLASTY at owl-o-ween and then OT

Last Year in Wichita Falls

so this is my last year in wichita falls. i am sad but also so excited to move home.
Things to come that i cannot wait for:
Recruitment
My Bday
Katie and Jordan coming for a visit
Soccer Games
Football Games
Homecoming
Baby Showers
Madeline Elizabeth being born
Kendall being born
Chrismas Break
and hopefully that list will grow as the semester gets into full swing!!!!

SUMMER OH NINE

okay i just want it to be documented that this summer has been the best summer of my life!!!! i have been going non stop and really only been in the falls for the week and then off doing something fun on the weekend!!! i have gone all over the place... and don't plan on stopping i have the travel bug and the only prescription is more traveling hahahah okay so that was lame but i laughed... i have learned so much about the woman i am, and the woman i plan on becoming in the future. i have spent time with my family and realized how important they are to me and my life... everyone in my life is in it for a reason and i plan on keeping you all in it....

brandy i want you to know that you are the best friend a girl could ask for... you are there to listen to be bitch about boys and so on but you are there to laugh with me about the dumb TV shows i make you watch.

shahala i love you just like i would my real sister... and i am so glad that i have been able to spend some serious time with you this summer... i cant wait for Mama Mia but nothing beats Wicked!!! that was the cherry on top of my summer sundae :)

and katia!!! you are my rock!!! i love that i can talk to you about anything and everything and you don't judge me or poke fun... although I'm sure you poke fun but I'm okay with that i like to laugh too... i cant wait to move back home and be closer to you so we have Starbucks nights all the time and trade teaching stories!!

if this year is anything like this summer its going to be one for the books for sure!!!!