kj

i miss you. i miss you dearly.

today, the reading practicum students start in the schools. and i woke up this morning thinking about last fall when i was at your school. remember that? that was fun. some people were hard to take (and i'm not talking about the kids), but at least the rest was a good experience.

i hope you're doing well in san antonio. have i mentioned that i miss you yet? cause i do. a whole lot.

i love the school where i am. the principal is amazing. the teachers, besides being friendly and encouraging, are awesome. the students, well....they're only 5 and it's only the 4th week of school! they're still learning :)

for instance, they're still learning that's it's not appropriate to flip your teacher off, even if you're just "showing" her the bad finger. running and yelling in the hallway is not allowed, not even a little bit. there is no playing in the bathroom. and that includes peeing on your friend's chest (still haven't gotten all the details on that one, but i'm working on it. i wasn't there at the time. maybe i should have been). no one likes to be pushed, and when you push someone five minutes after you've been told not to, you're going to get in trouble. you cannot ask to go to the bathroom five times in a ten minute period. you just HAD a bathroom break, for pete's sake. telling the teacher no is a BIG no-no. you can't have attitude with me. just because i'm not your "real" teacher doesn't mean that i'm a pushover. have you met my sister? ATTITUDE. she was apparently my training for being a teacher.

but i love it. my heart melts when a student finally gets a concept. a little boy actually understood the point of one story (the point was implied, not directly stated!) and i just wanted to dance around the room. every time they use their manners, especially when they don't know i'm listening, i'm so proud. and i know this is sad, but i get really happy when they compliment my picture on my badge. sad, sad, sad...

but still, i miss you. i want to hear your stories. i wish i could just take lunch over there and we could chat. sheesh.

but i gotta go. have you seen the time of this post? yeah...

love you,
beth

p.s. could you text me your e-mail address? i'm guessing your saisd one doesn't work anymore :)