3/4 année: Madame, ICITTE! Le cri d'un enfant dans la classe, me mandant à son pupitre. Comment ça???? On ne dit plus "Madame, pourriez-vous venir ici une minute, s'il vous plaît?" (I smiled a teeny smile)
Grade 5 French Immersion: A student disappears from class without permission and is gone twenty minutes. It is time for gym class. Students tell me he is in the washroom. I send a male intervention worker into the washroom, and lead the rest of the class to the gym. I meet aforesaid student on my way back to class. Out of concern, plus not knowing the why, I ask him if he is okay. OMG! A long story ensues about his diarrhea. Yes, you read it right. OMG ... W-A-Y TOO much information. After what seems an eternity of me listening and nodding, he wraps up his tale. With a parting sweet smile, he informs me that it MUST have been all that “hot buttered popcorn" he ate late last night. (I smiled a little smile.)
3ième année: Je parlais à un élève de son comportement, que l'avant-midi, n'avait pas été bon. Quand je lui ai dit que son comportement semble s'avoir amélioré, il ne semblait pas comprendre, alors je lui ai posé la question, "Tu comprends ce que veut dire "améliorer"? Tout indigne, il répond, "Oui! Ça veut dire PLUS BON!" (J'ai fait un grand sourire.)
Grade 1 - We were outside on a cold, and windy afternoon, on top of a big hill, going sliding. A student ran up and asked me to refasten her hood properly. As I was fumbling with the snaps, she added, "Hurry up!" (I chuckled!)
Kindergarten: I was reading an old book (circa 1980s) about a cat named Solomon. Solomon was perched on a big object. I asked the students if they knew what that object was. "Sure, it's a washing machine!" replied one little fella. No, it wasn't. It was a TV. (I guffawed!)
You loved your career and you love children.No more needs to be said.
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