As you can see, Ben is still not happy about school starting. I get it, I am not jumping up and down with excitement. But Gabe- well he can hardly contain his joy!!!(It really bugs Ben-more so when I tell Ben he used to be as excited as Gabe.) During kindergarten orientation I made the decision to have Gabe attend the extended day of kindergarten. Meaning he will go M,T & W all day and TH&F 1/2 Day. He loves this arrangement. I, however, am not really to sure what to do- ALL DAY. As I called Kevin from a store to see if we needed some new furniture he said, "This clearly is not going to be a good thing." So- What's a girl to do? I have not taught in 9 years. Do I go back to teaching? I know I would be a very different teacher now that I am also a mother. #1 thing I would do- get rid of homework. Since there is no known data that says homework is a good thing and all of the research points to homework being a bad thing- I would just get rid of it.Because I am a mother now, I KNOW there is no time for homework.#2 I would put all of the parents of my students on a point system. You get points for good deeds for the class. You lose points if you feel it necessary to gossip about students in the class, myself or any other parent. And guess what? You can only come INTO the classroom if you have enough points. #3 I would hire a third party to complete my grades, attend extra curricular activities for the school, prepare, lessons, etc. Because now that I am a Mom, I KNOW how difficult this these tasks would become. Finally, I would require that my husband come to school every single day, to make sure I am happy, if that time should fall during math and I am teaching above 4th grade, he will be required to teach the lesson. This is important because the children in my class would need to realize, someone loves me and I do have a life outside these classroom doors.So what do you think? Is it worth it? Actually part time work sounds more appealing and it would keep me out of the mall.
I believe you would be a teacher I would like. I wish you still lived across the street. That way you could come over and help me put things in plastic containers so I could have clean tables, clean counters, and be organized once again. I haven't been able to maintain that level of organization since I started a full time job in 1999. Now that I am "retired" from that job, I babysit 3 days a week and work at the store 2 days. Stay at home Mary, stay at home. Dave used to tell me he didn't want me to work because we would become dependent on that income and I would feel I couldn't quit. He knew how much I loved being home with the kids and our house. You'll find something to do...help others organize!! Love ya, Lois
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