Things that Keep Me Going...

If there is anything I have discovered from student teaching so far, it is that I was not made to work with more than max of 3 small children at a time. I love kids, I just can only handle them in small doses. I have no idea why I'm wired like this, I just know that's the way I am.

So as I've sat at school trying to find the positives, I have found a few things that seem to keep me going:

1) The hope of my piano students at the end of the day. I despise the fact that I have to be working until quite late considering my day starts at 7:30/7:45ish and I'm not done until 7 on average but knowing that most of my piano students are really good students and a lot of fun drives me to finish the day.

2) The hope that I might get a student who is normally stoic to smile, prone to misbehavior to be the best student for the day, and those who may get no attention at home may at least get a little from me. Unfortunately, half the time I can make them feel special we have this dumb "we're invisible" policy so I'm not supposed to talk to the students...GREAT! I guess it's a good policy but it just doesn't seem to make sense to me.

3) There is a student at school who has for some reason decided he thinks the world of me. He is precious and has a very sweet demeanor. I have this awesome, simple smiley face staring at me in my apartment that he drew in about the 2 seconds I was in their class to talk with his teacher. I don't know why but he's melted my heart :D

4) Random, funny happenings that have occurred in class. One such occurrence was earlier this week a student was playing with a ranch packet (they had had salad with lunch). His methods of playing with it was to twist it in the middle, which inevitably busted the packet. However, the thing didn't just squirt...it EXPLODED on everything. He was covered, the piano had ranch all over it, even some of the other students were fortunate to get ranch on them :D The bad thing: my mentor got onto the class for laughing and I was probably laughing the hardest when he was getting onto them. I had to try to stifle my laughter while starting to clean up the mess....I have to say it was HILARIOUS!

5) My students thinking I'm amazing for knowing songs like "soulja boy"! Yeppers...I am the coolest to them because I know the song...and sort of but not really know the dance. HAHA!

6) oh and somehow, you do no wrong in their eyes. So even after I've disciplined one of them they come right back and ask for a hug...or attach themselves to you like they're a leech and cannot survive without being attached to you.

I just hope I can find more things like this to keep me going...because ugh! There are problems galore at school...and half the time I can't stand being there. At least it is only for a few months.