4th Grade

I only subbed one day this week and it was for a fourth grade class.

I subbed half day and as soon as I entered I could tell that the class was extremely energetic. Students were performing a play for their teacher about the outcome of the Grammy's from last Sunday.

The teacher seemed like she was really nice and explained everything I must complete with the kids. She also told me that there was a little boy with aspergers. For those of you that don't know, aspergers is a form of high functioning autism. Those that have aspergers are often VERY intelligent but lack social skills. This little boy had all of the math lessons in the book memorized along with a timeline of when each section in the book should be completed! I couldn't believe my eyes. He started to explain lessons in the book they hadn't even learned yet and told me the date of when they will complete it on. Wouldn't it be great if we could all memorize that much information?

I think that people too often focus on the negative impacts of a person that has special needs. Why not focus on their gifts? Yes, this student may lack social skills, but he is brilliant in other ways. I wish that we as humans could be more understanding and accepting of those that have special needs.

I start student teaching kindergarten on Tuesday for 10 weeks. I am feeling a bit nervous because I haven't had the greatest experience subbing for kinder. I guess we will find out. Prayers would be greatly appreciated.