Mini Teacher

Today was a mostly okay day. The kids nice (and had incredible memories! I'd subbed in kindergarten ONE time last year and a bunch of them from that class remembered me and my name!), but were terrible at interrupting me. I gave the "raise your hand", "don't yell at me, I don't yell at you", and "sometimes things are different and that's ok" speeches frequently today. They did get a little better, but for one day with a class it's basically a keep-your-head-above-water battle with behaviors.

One girl in particular I'm pretty sure had decided in her mind that she was going to be in charge. She was frequently coming up to me and telling me what we needed to do and when (despite the fact that I assured them I knew all of their schedule for the day.) She also felt the need to tell her classmates what to do. This did not go over well. "Stop telling people what to do!!" was a common response to her. I said it myself a few times. As well as the ever popular, "Don't worry about him/her. You worry about you, I'll worry about everybody else."