Neverland

I have decided that when I have kids of my own they are not allowed to move past the third grade. I see the kids I taught last year that are now in fourth grade and I have to look twice because they have changed so much. One of my students last year was a short little girl and today I saw her and I swear she shot up a good four inches. Another student from last year has turned from being one of the funniest to one of the most serious boys I have ever seen. They are still amazing kids, but they are growing up too fast! No thanks. My future children are not allowed to grow up. I have a difficult time seeing my students grow up, I can only imagine what it will be like with my own flesh and blood. I will probably cry for days.

I accidentally said "oh, heck" today in class and I thought my kids were going to bury me alive! I dropped something and when I said it I immediately wanted to rewind time to take back the words. "Heck" to my first graders is like throwing out the F bomb. DON'T SAY IT! I said sorry and everyone forgave me but I was in steep water for a second.

One of my students got a citation today for threatening another student. Another one had to pull his behavior clip to orange because he tried to push a girls legs so she would fall over on the playground. I talked to both parents after school and they were less than thrilled about their child's behavior. Good times.

My theatre teacher from high school is finding out information for me about how I can get my real estate license. I know I have to take a test and I am pretty sure I have to take a few classes, but I have no idea where to begin! Funny enough, she was also a teacher for several years as well as a real estate agent. Now she just does real estate. I have been talking about getting it for years, and I think now that I am done taking classes at La Verne I can start a new adventure. I don't necessarily want to give up teaching for real estate, but my obsession with houses would shock most of you. I have worked too hard to find a job in teaching and plan to keep searching for my big opportunity to have my own classroom, but I think real estate would be interesting and exciting. I hope everything works out.