Monday September 18, 2006
Maybe September is my favourite month
School is back to full swing. As of tomorrow, we will have been through the full two-week timetable with all the year groups. Two of my classes are just straight-forward knowledge seekers, which is fabulous. The other three are able but very hard work…like Bart Simpson’s attitude with Lisa Simpson’s intellect. And let me tell you, thirty Bart Simpsons in one room is a little bit knackering.
But I love this. I’m big on the And what have you learned today? (like that wasn’t already obvious) so the other day instead of asking, I handed out post-it notes. They all wrote something and posted it on the door as they left. All but one post-it was academic I learned to say “I did” and not “I done”. I learned about exposition and resolution for story writing. and the non-academic one has caused more than a few laughs from people stopping by my classroom I learned not to feed the dog next door at break time. Well, he asked why the dog was barking. So I had to explain, didn’t I?
Can you imagine how horrible it would be to be my child? I can imagine them rehearsing their answers before walking up to the front door. If I haven’t learned anything today, I bet Mum will kick me out of the house! Well…whatever makes you learn.
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19 September 2006, 22:11
Comment about being your child made me laugh – I have what I now call ‘musuem parents’ – never played on slot machines but I’d been in every gallery and place of learning in a 50 mile radius (and then some). I’m glad now though. :-)
20 September 2006, 01:23
I’m hopeful I’ll learn what “knackering” means today…
I did a quick search and got this, which made all sorts of images of your classroom:
knack·er Pronunciation (nkr)
n. Chiefly British
1. A person who buys worn-out or old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat or hides.
2. A person who buys discarded structures and dismantles them to sell the materials.