my prior comment about kindergarten- FORGET IT> LIKE being nibbled to death by 200 giant hungry pigeons.
i was exhausted- i'll take middle school or highschool any day. at least they leave after 40 minutes or so- then something new
keeping 25 little bouncing kids occupied & busy & ( HA ) QUIET is quite a laborious chore. i like kids- don't get me worng- but a ton of work-
and don't even get me started about he walls , board, entire roooom is one giant festival of posters, letters, words, JUNK alllllover the place. it's soooo ovisually overkill i can't imagine how these little guys even look at their page and do their work- there's just TOOOOO MUCH goingon around them all the time to even focus (w4ll- me- 60 AND finding it amazingly confusing and clutterie.
give ma giant old school rooms we had back in the day- walls plain excep6t for a painting of geo washington and lincoln- could see the blackboard and find space to write actually- (no kidding) couldn't find a blank spot to put my name!!!!
big windows - teacher at the front- kids in rows facing forward (god forb9t they have to actually look forward)
this business of round tables and kids in groups- personally i cannot imagine how it enhances the lerning experience to face someone else . they cannot resist interacting and tormenting each other - continually. AND NOISILY- who could resist ? i'm askin ya?????
i'm no6t seeing it (the purpose & value of groups - at all) (YET) but hoping anyway to become used to it. to me, crazy- .'
even with the older kids- they sure spoon-feed them soooo much - not even responsible to take their own notes in a class- how in the world will they leave and go to college? i wonder daily-
oh well again- what an amazing education it's becoming- IT'S SURE DIFFERENT AND INTERESTING.
It was a real experience (PRIMARY SCHOOL) - i'm hoping i get more clutter mineded and can shut it all out-
but still, it's kinda fun and interesting and certainly A NEW FRONTIER TO CONQUER- ONWARD & UPWARD.
i'm gonna be in command (ha!???) of every grade by the end of the year or die trying.....
