so you had a bad day....

well i didnt have a bay day, but i had a bad class. I had one of those classes that made me never want to have children (sorry mom -you wont be a grandma anytime soon). one of those classes that made me thankful that i dont do anyhting that could even lead to having children.

so my first class of the day was the baby class. they are 2 and 3. for the mot part they are ok. i dont really like the class becuase its them and the moms....so i bascally put on a little show and act stupid for them all. plus i dont kno what to do with little kids like that, and i dont know how to control them and i dont like babyiting them. now that thats out of the way, heres the story

the class begins alright. we play ring toss. then we start to sing a song. the 2 girls roll on the ground and dont want to sing. no big deal, i change plans and we "wash the dishes" so for the first 20 min, its alright. i can make it through the class. but no.... we change to learning weather... its sunny, its cloudy, its rainy. lets match and put the cards together. so they each have to say..."its cloudy, etc" to get the card. then they are supposed to put them next to the big picture. well they dont want to. they just want to sit and hold on the cards and do nothing. so i let them...and just show them the big pictures, trying to get them to give up the cards. one of the kids does do what i want, but when they run out of cards, she goes to get the cards from the other girl. shes not happy. she starts screaming/crying and runs to mom. well the other girl sees her cry, so she must think to herself "why dont i start crying too" so i have to screaming and crying 2 year olds and at thiss moment, i decided i have no desire for children. well then the moms cant control them, so they are getting spanked. finally i get out some balls and we play ball for awhile. it helps. but they dnt leave their mothers lap. so finally i get up the nerve to go back to weather and we finish. not a minute to soon.

the worst part is, i feel like the parents think im a bad teacher. but i think their kids are bad... so i guess we call it even. i dont know how preschool and kindergarden teachers do it. i cant control 2, they are in charge of like 30. AHHHHHHH

fortunatly the rest of the day was good. i began to think that children are a possibility....if i adopt them at 5 years old.

dont get me wrong. i really like my job, but when you have approx 25 different classes a week, you like some better than others.


on another note, it is stinkin humid today. its not hot or sunny, but its so darn humid. i miss the cool evenings we had the past couple of days. i think this will be the first year i actually enjoy winter.

on a high note to end the blog...a big yeah and thank you to mom for sending me mike and ikes. and dad for pictures and christy helmer for a puzzle postcard. i like getting mail....hint hint.