Monday, May 10, 2010

Have a Ball

Today I returned to a class I've subbed for earlier in the year. A few things had changed since my last visit:

1 - The kids don't seem to recognize me there are much as they used to. :( So weird to think that 2 years ago this was my most-frequented school and this year I've only been there 4 or 5 times. The staff seems to remember me, but I miss having all the kids be excited.

2 - The behavior of the class I was in today was much better than I remembered! There were 4 kids absent...I wonder if one of them was the culprit?

3 - The class I was in had lots of exercise balls in it. About half of the students were using those instead of chairs. I'm not sure if it helps with the fidgets or what, but they bothered me a little. I think because not everyone had one, the extra chairs were just stacked up around the room, and they were of varying sizes and colors. And yes, I realize how obsessive compulsive that is of me, but I think if they were all the smaller size, and were all one color and all the chairs were gone, replaced by the balls it would have pleased me more. I have problems, I realize.

1 comment:

Betty said...

I think it sounds strange to have extra chairs stacked around the room. Most elementary classrooms are full enough without extra furniture. Interesting that so many have the exercise balls. It's sad they don't know you there as much any more. It's their loss.
Love you!!! MOM