January 04, 2005
Expert Tuesday (Elementary Education) by Candace
I thought I was on a break from school (a great perk of being a teacher too...) until Jeremy gave me a homework assignment for “Expert Tuesday.” Great. Haha. Anyway, I am an Elementary Education major at Athens State University and I have spent many hours observing and teaching in the classroom. I don’t proclaim to be an expert, but I have definitely learned a lot the past few semesters. Creating six page lesson plans isn’t exactly my idea of fun, but the actual teaching and interacting with the kids is.
What can I say? Kids are great! On one particular morning, the kids were trying to guess how old I was. Hmmmp. I was thrilled to hear a boy from the back exclaim, “I bet you are fifty years old!” Thanks a lot. I’ve been told all of my life I look twelve, until now. Another thing, you have no idea how scary it can be to hear your name 150 times in five minutes. No exaggeration.
I will be certified (Certification is required by Schools so they can meet the guidlines of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) to teach kindergarten through sixth grade, but I want to teach second grade or younger. The only hesitation I have about the kindergarteners is the “accidents.” And you know exactly what I am referring to!!! All of that aside, I love what I am doing. The students are so excited about learning, they love you (one little girl was hanging on to my leg saying, “I wont’ let go until you say I am your new best friend!!”), and they eat up any commendation you give them. Not to mention that you laugh all day long because without even knowing it, they are hilarious. What could be more rewarding? Adults are boring!
Yes I agree... adults are boring... why? Because most are not free thinking; not willing to look goofy in the pursuit of knowledge; and are not genuine... be like kids.. good advice for the day.
Posted by: itzjerm at January 4, 2005 08:51 AMI agree with the "Be more like kids" statement, but I don't know about adults being boring. Most of them can be funny for the exact same reasons Jerm mentioned.
Ahhh, humor through pity...kind of like watching the monkeys at the zoo.
D.A.
Oh, and nice job Candace! Keep up the good work, and remember that some of the greatest discoveries in history came about because of...ahem..."accidents".
Posted by: D.A. at January 4, 2005 08:59 AM
I much rather deal with little ones than adults. They always say what’s on their mind. You never have to question their motive. They say what they mean…. unlike adults that try to be politically correct. Kids are simple, true, honest and always ready to laugh. They make this yucky world a better place.
HMMM...not sure I would classify those who are not genuine as being funny... at least the same defenition as I am thinking... but they are definitly "funny"... Funny how that is...
And the advent of TV has made people in general more boring... I mean thats why they call it the boob tube.
Posted by: itzjerm at January 4, 2005 09:48 AMOh, I find them very funny in every sense of the word. Once I find out that they are ingenuine, I smile and laugh at them, because they have been found out and that makes me happy. When news of this discovery finally causes the synapses to fire and reach the core of their fear addled little brains (usually taking several mintues to process and work it's way through the lies after my laughter begins) it angers them and that just makes me laugh all the harder...and harder...and harder.
It's then that redness explodes across their faces in the most beautiful of all blossoms one could imagine, and the smell of victory hangs thick in the air like the moist of a delicious summer's califaction.
Yeah. That's what I call funny.
D.A.
Posted by: D.A. at January 4, 2005 11:04 AM
Kevin is an "adult" and is both funny and funny looking...
Oh, and Greeneville sucks as a football team. We, Cookeville, are hereby challenging them to a re-re-rematch. You guys can come on over whenever you feel like you're all man enough. =0) Preferably in late February, though. And bring a cage for Mark...
HAHAHAHA....
YOU JUST SAID THAT KEVIN WAS AN ADULT. If you have to put "quotes" around it... well then the basics of being a child are still there...
I hope to think I'm an "Adult"
Posted by: itzjerm at January 4, 2005 12:38 PM Very true. Kevin is "a child in an adult's body."
He's the best bro-in-law ever, too...
Hey, Greeneville... last year we let you guys win because if we pounded you 2 years in a row we felt like you never would even attempt to play us again............ we hate e.tennessee and would come over there if we felt like we could without getting harassed by the "menfolk" because we didn't wear tights to play ball...... in fact, we would travel there if we felt like you all were actually a challenge.... you can't even match our vast superiorty as the major powerhouse team in all the cxfl... you're all pansies... the whole lot o' ya!!!! keats gave you the time... are you all man enough to show?
Posted by: Mongo Strong at January 4, 2005 01:03 PMI like kids because you can tell them whatever you want and they'll believe it.
"Cyanide is good for you! So is arsenic!"
and you can see the little heads nodding, in earnest. All you have to do is sound like your telling the truth. I've told kids things like, love and murder are the same thing, or if you run in circles long enough you can see in xray vision like superman. I like kids. . .
oh and D.A., that explains a lot about conversations with you. . .I feel so adult now. . .
Posted by: What, You're Expecting My Name Here? at January 4, 2005 03:49 PMThank you for saying Kevin is a child (I was having a fit when I first read the word adult). I have to live with him and take care of him and know that he in fact is a child. You should see what he teaches MacKenzie. The worst is that she now says Ewwwww and hands me little "gifts" on the tip of her finger. Thanks a lot Kevin.
Posted by: Amber at January 4, 2005 03:53 PMAbout telling kids anything...Last night Kevin and I were walking in through Sears and MacKenzie was saying Toys. Kevin said "Toys bad" and she started repeating it. When we were walking out through the same door an hour later she started saying "Toys bad". The part I like the most is that we were walking through the tool section so does that mean that "Daddy's toys are bad?"
Posted by: Amber at January 4, 2005 03:57 PMHey I didn't know you were taking up Child Education. Good Deal! I am glad someone has the patience.
Posted by: The Shulammite Ashley at January 4, 2005 08:15 PMHey I didn't know you were taking up Child Education. Good Deal! I am glad someone has the patience.
Posted by: The Shulammite Ashley at January 4, 2005 08:15 PMHey I didn't know you were taking up Child Education. Good Deal! I am glad someone has the patience.
Posted by: The Shulammite Ashley at January 4, 2005 08:15 PMhmm... someone didn't have patience with there post? j/k
Posted by: itzjerm at January 4, 2005 08:19 PMok, self humiliation time... sometimes some stupid/silly ones of us "adults" does some silly things
Jerm you need to let people post javascript, so that we can be more child like... I could have put ants on this page
Posted by: Priddy the Hut at January 4, 2005 09:01 PMI'm sorry, D.A. for making you sad. Have an ice cream cone, or a fresh slice of Cheddar cheese to cheer up. Better?
Posted by: What, You're Expecting My Name Here? at January 5, 2005 01:52 AMMmmmm...fresh chedder cheese ice creeeeeam. Laullaullaullaullaullaulllllllllll...
D.A.
Posted by: D.A. at January 5, 2005 09:07 AM