Knock-Knock and Riddles

Last night I found a job on the sub site before I went to bed.  It was only a half-day (morning) but I figured, with the way things were going, even if a full-day job did come up tomorrow, I wouldn't get it - roommate would.  So I took it, despite it being at a school on the complete other end of town.

I got there and read the teacher's note.  It seem liked a fairly straight-forward day.  Then I got to the end of her note where she proceeded to tell me that they were a challenging group behavior-wise and then listed about 6 kids who had various issues, from yelling out, to defiance.  Great.  But, it is my constant striving - despite whatever horrors I hear from the office staff, assistants or teachers - to not let such poor reports make me judge a class before I meet them, or let myself fall into the trap of expecting poor behavior because they are known for it.  I fully believe that if you expect poor behavior, you are going to get it.  If I treat them like I expect to receive exemplary behavior, many times they will comply.  Certainly, this is not always the case, but on many occasions have I spent the day with a class which was infamous for negative behavior and had a simply fine time with them.

Anyways, it was a small group - only 20 on the roster and only 14 or 15 present (I can't remember now).  They were definitely energetic, and I could see why certain students had deserved mention on the teacher's note.  But truthfully, they weren't that bad.  I kept my thumb on a few who were prone to getting off-task, didn't answer their questions when they yelled them out, and gushed over any kid who raised his/her hand or was doing his/her work.  The assistant in the room told me she thought they did pretty well, so that was good.

When I turned my phone on after school I had a non-message from the sub machine (it's automated and won't read the job until you punch in your ID and PIN, but my voicemail does catch the tail end of the schpeel before it hangs up.)  I'm guessing it was for a PM job, but there was nothing I could do about it at that point - it was too late.  Oh well.  Instead I went to my aunt's house and saw my cousins (once-removed).  Kailey and I found a website with riddles and knock-knock jokes which she was VERY excited about!  She particularly loved this one:

What's the difference between a train and a teacher?

-A train says, "Choo Choo" and a teacher says, "Spit out your gum!"