Whilst CaBil is very right, I still love the fact that the Chemistry Book people made Star Trek Fanfic to teach the kidz. Although I do not envy Emily the smelly room.
otoh, today I had to assess a new kid, of whom I knew little beyond the fact that he was Thai, had SEN, and had a twin at another school who doesn't have SEN. He spent the first hour or so crying. It was Snot-a-go-go, with occasional wails of 'I..want..my...MUM!' demonstrating that he could speak at least some English. The first lesson was PE, so he was outside weeping with Mr John, our universally adored, long-braid-wearing, tattoo-sporting Aussie PE teacher. He even managed to make himself sick in the middle of the field, to demonstrate how serious he was about wanting his mum. Nice.
He returned to my class still weeping.
I kicked the day's planning to the curb and instead of an hour or so of literacy (mostly carrying on with our writing project) we had circle time games, painting and singing. And he cheered the fuck up! Yay!
By snacktime he was perfectly chipper.
And I have to say - my kids are just AWESOME. He's a tiny wee thing (allegedly 8, whereas my kids are mostly 6 and 7, but he's way smaller than my lot) and he was a weepy mess, and I SAID to my little buggers (as he was wrapped round his mum weeping outside the classroom): "Look, I need your help! He's scared stiff! We need to help him feel welcome!" And, OMG, they were freaking ADORABLE! So supportive and kind and friendly and gentle and just freaking FANTASTIC that I'm all tearing up just thinking about it. They totally took him under their collective wing. It was great. Go Team Kids!
Shuttlecraft were all the Enterprise had. IJS.
ETA: OTOH? Maybe the whole thing was written by a pseudogeek.
Are there geek poseurs?
had SEN, and had a twin at another school who doesn't have SEN.
What is SEN?
And I love your kids!! adorable.
Fay's kids sound seriously adorable.
Special Educational Needs - a blanket term which is pretty damned unhelpful in clueing you in to what the kid's going to be like. He was quite sweet, as it turned out, & a bit feisty. Very very short attention span, but not bouncing off the walls. Mostly.
yay for Fay's awesome class kids and yay for Fay being an awesome, awesome teacher!
ION, I have my weird double over in discomfort and pain gas type pains which sent me home from work early yesterday and made me call in sick today. Bah! I have no idea what causes them, and no idea what fixes them.
(((Nora))) Feel better.
Gronk, we're at the airport. Everything seems to be on time so far.
Hooray! Ran into the guy who observed me yesterday, we set a time for me to come in and go over it, and he said (just in passing), "I thought everything went great."
I am depressingly grateful to hear him say that. I mean, he may still have criticisms/suggestions/observations which may be crushing to hear, but the fact that he said anything positive, even meaninglessly so, makes me feel so much better.
Ran into the guy who observed me yesterday, we set a time for me to come in and go over it, and he said (just in passing), "I thought everything went great."
Oh, I'm SO glad to hear that! Go you. He just sounds like so much more of a reasonable person than those you had to deal with at your last school.
tummy~ma Nora
yay Emily!
yay Fay's kids!
I think I had a little too much to drink last night at the Bocce Club Lucky Leprechaun Dinner and Dance. I'm going over to the senior center this morning so I can sign my taxes (Dad volunteers over there during tax time) and then home. I'm always a little sad leaving here. My parents community and all their friends are so fun. I mean, I know my folks are great but it's always a treat hearing it from someone else.
