Today's Student Humor

I went into the men's bathroom yesterday and found four of my old students who were in my oldest(first year high school) and favorite class but have since moved to a special class taught by the owner's daughter. I went into the bathroom again tonight and found them all crowded in there again so I said, "Is this your guys meeting place or something?"

One boy's response, "We're the bathroom association." LOL

In other news, I ended up arm-wrestling a whole bunch of 8 year-olds today on my desk. I did okay when it was one-on-one(though one boy was surprisingly strong) but had more trouble with one-on-five. :P

I know I haven't been updating as much as I should be. There are so many things that happen and so many funny stories to tell and I should write them down because I forget them so quickly. There are times I leave class just laughing at how funny the kids were that class or the things that were said. Of course, there are other times when I leave feeling like I'm going to kill someone. But then I always run into some other student that brightens me back up. Children are my source of energy. I don't know that I could be anything else other than a teacher or the owner of an educational institution. I draw my energy and enthusiasm from kids. They are my greatest source of enjoyment and also my greatest source of stress. hehe

Now that I've been here for six months, the kids have really become comfortable with me and we have a really good relationship. Of course, there are a handful of kids who think I'm horrible and I don't much care for them either but there are a whole lot more kids that I love, even if I have to get on them or be harsh sometimes, which I hate having to do.

Of course, I still have so much to learn when it comes to teaching methods and classroom management and every day presents new situations and new learning experiences. But I always love it when kids come up to me and grab my arm, ask me for my phone number, tell me they want to meet me on the weekend, or just come up to hit me and run away laughing hoping that I'll chase them. :P Then it's always special when you have the older kids tell you how much they enjoy your classes or when, as one student says, they tell you, "you're a one-man show."

Then there are all the funny things that they say like, "Teacher! You hamburgers love?" or when a four-foot girl says, "Teacher, you're so short..." Or even better, "Teacher, your hair(pointing at my chin) is very pretty." The list goes on and on and I just wish I could remember all the things they say and do. Maybe I'll try to post at least one thing at the end of each day.