Pissturd.

Yes, you read that right. I said pissturd. Now I should probably explain this before my mother gets too upset with me writing words like that (sorry mom). In order to do so I should tell you that today we started learning about the French Indian War. This lesson was hard for me, not because I don’t know the material, but because it was my observation of Scott lesson. In other words I transitioned from teacher to student, which for our kids was really hard to understand but I really enjoyed it. Scott is an amazing teacher and I’m so lucky to have him as my mentor. So the lesson was great and it ended with the class going over a group (independent) reading together and filling out a note catcher/ exit ticket. With the basic information covered to ensure they were actually paying attention and learning, Scott (and eventually I) will use it as a semi-assessment on the children. After the lesson was over, I luckily got to transition back into my role as teacher and out of student. It was so hard for the kids not to be able to come to me and it was so hard for me not being able to help them. So when math started I felt back at home and I think they did too. It was a really rewarding day because I’m pretty sure there were a few breakthroughs that happened. Then the best part of the day came. After we had a team meeting about the next few days for our expedition and our team attack on this girl club issue. (Which I’ll get to in a minute) So Scott and I were going over the kid’s exit tickets when I stumbled upon Pissturd. Yes, according to… Let’s say Sara wrote that the French- Indian War was fought in Pissturd, Pennsylvania. I could barely breathe enough to tell Scott what it said which led the two of us to uncontrollably laughing. Now I know it’s really mean to laugh AT the children but in this case… It was soooooo impossible not to. Pissturd. Oh man. Nothing gets better than little things like that. One last time…. PISSTURD

Now onto the girl thing. I’m a little peeved because not only is this whole bullying name calling issue still around but I’m not sure it’s being addressed in a way that is conducive to really ending it. One teacher in our group thinks that we need to single out the girls who have been involved in all of the issues (THAT WE KNOW OF) and address the issues. While I agree that the girls all need to be in one room to talk about the issues and the bullying. I don’t think we should be splitting the girls up. It will just come back to bite us in the ass at some point. By splitting them up by the girls involved and the girls not involved it will just create MORE issues…. But who listens to an intern anyways…