Donna--finding herself #37

[mishka422]

And I teach elementary school, where you look out on a class of first graders and half of them have their fingers up their noses.... yuck.

Blech!!!

See, that's why I have nothing but respect for teachers. Not only to deal with the kids themselves, but all the ickiness that comes along with them. Personally, I'd have them all strung up on hooks on the wall before the day was out! NO PATIENCE!

The funny thing was that in college (yes, I went - just didn't graduate. Decided to go the M and family route - look where that got me!) I was an English major. Whenever someone would ask my major and I told them their first response was, "Oh, so you're going to teach?" I'd give them a horrified look and respond, "Heck NO! I'd be fired within a week! I can't handle more than 2 kids at a time." I never did figure out what one would do with an English degree other than teach, but that's neither here nor there.

So your Chuckie is a freshman. Isn't it an odd feeling to be the parent of a high schooler? It is for me. I loved high school too. I was very involved and I've been trying to encourage Marc to become involved too. He played football all through middle school but he can't play in high school, at least not this year, because his academics suffered too much last year. I did convince him to get involved in Octagon Club. It's a service organization that is the high school level for Optimist Clubs International. He actually chose it himself and I just kept encouraging his choice. Is Chuckie involved in sports? What kind of clubs does the school offer? Marc's high school has over 100 different clubs! It's just crazy!