Today went really well. I've convinced my resource room, for the most part, into thinking that I'm scary and demand silence at all times. I've gotten to know a few of my kids a little better and it seems like I'll have a fun caseload this year. Although, I can't help but think back to my kids from last year and how... umm... unique they were. Let's travel back in time and relive one of my hilarious moments from last year:
A student of mine, who when we first met requested that I call him Bullfrog (so that's what I will refer to him as from now on), was incredibly unique. During our Algebra class one day, I was working with another student when the math teacher approached me and said, "You need to do something about Bullfrog... I don't know what to do." When I turned around, I saw Bullfrog sitting in his seat with a piece of paper crumpled up the long way in his hand. He was then just taking bites out of it and eating it while working on the assigned work. So I walked over to him and said, "Bullfrog, you really shouldn't be eating paper. It isn't good for you! Why don't you take out the stem and leaf plot we've been working on." He replied, "I can't!" My response was, "Well, why not?" And his response was priceless: "Because I already ate it!"
I can't even make these things up. That was one of my very first days teaching and I knew, at that very moment, I had absolutely made the right decision in becoming a special education teacher. Which brings me to my New Teacher Tip of the Day: If you want to be a good teacher, you NEED to have a great sense of humor. Things are going to happen that will be out of your control completely and the best way to move past these bumps in the road is to just laugh them off.
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