It's Wednesday, Miss Davis

     It's only the second day of the work week and I'm already wishing for the weekend.  Trying to fight this baby of a cold is tiring and long days at school and in meetings take the rest of my energy.  At school today the students were taking their chapter tests.  I did get to help a few before school, during lunch and after school.  Their starting to call on me and ask me questions.  I can't help but love it when I hear "Miss Davis" and find a pair of eyes eager to learn looking at me.  It gets me excited every time.  I get to go teach someone!!
      After school we had our weekly seminar.  It was two hours long and right through dinner.  I literally went straight there after school.  The whole time I kept thinking about the yummy food I just got at the grocery store.  Luckily I had some carrots in my backpack to munch on.  I felt like a rabbit, but I didn't care.  They kept me entertained and suppressed my hunger.  Our meeting this week was on management techniques.  Some of the techniques seemed like they would work better for a younger class than the ones that I am teaching, but I still found it useful to talk about them.  I guess there are some people in our group that are really having a hard time with management because they are coming into classrooms and schools where management is already an issue.  I'm really glad that my students aren't like that.  They aren't perfect but neither am I.  I feel like we still have a lot to learn from each other, but I also feel like we've got a head start because we don't have to worry about management as much.  I really do love my students.  The more I think about them, the more I realize how incredible they are.  They are funny and smart and a joy to be around.  I hope that when I take over as a teacher, I can instill in them a little bit more of a love for learning and that I will know the best ways to make learning fun and enjoyable for them.