First Day of School

Favorite moments of the day:

*I let the class vote on a name for the dinosaur pointer. The final decision: Master Yoda. I lost my heart to them in that moment.

*While writing a personal narrative about heroes, one student said his hero was his pet hamster. Because it would eat all the parts of his dinner he didn't want.

*I administered a total of three bandaids. I love administering bandaids. It brings me a strange joy, almost as if I had the strength of 12 years of medical school and the healing power of an angel.

*The moment I looked around the room at the end of the day and realized I already couldn't wait to see them tomorrow. They are so cute. Even the one who cried every hour on the hour...for an hour. Even the one with a sixth grader attitude. Even the one who thinks "Voices off" means talk louder. And especially the one who told me I was his favorite second grade teacher in all the world.

More Funny Kids

I was babysitting twin boys who had just finished first grade and they found out I was going to be a second grade teacher:
"Well, next year we'll be in second grade! Then third and by then we'll probably be smarter than you."

Those same boys were later playing "No Stress Chess"and one of them was winning by a lot and kept reminding his frustrated brother that he shouldn't stress out because it was "no stress" chess. This was the conversation I overheard:

Twin 1: "But I want it to be easy for me!"
Twin 2: "You don't always get what you want."
Twin 1: "You always say that and this time you didn't even say it with your happy voice."
Twin 2: "I'm sorry, I was trying to be happy about it."