Talk back Smack Back

No I didn’t hit the kids but I did get talked back to… And it was annoying…I totally feel like I need to apologize to my parents for ever talking back… Anyways, my child for my child study was here today so I had to watch him. I went to art class with the kids and it was so much fun. It was nice to see them in a different light. They were definitely able to express themselves differently and wholly all at the same time. I know that sounds weird but I knew we had artists in our class I just had never seen them in this way before. I really got to understand their talents in a different way. We came back and got down to work on our expedition. The talk back smack down came along right before class when I announced who would be in homework club… One girl who we shall call “Penny” after I called her name immediately began to protest claiming she had “done” her homework and I said, “well, you didn’t quite finish it so we need to work to finish it” and she needless to say didn’t agree with me. I simply said everyone in the class knows, if you don’t finish it for when it’s due then you come in and finish it.” Nothing like a pre-teen verbal battle to get your day going. Anyways when lunch came around, I had literally just made my soup when all the kids came streaming in… 10 minutes, they ate their lunch in 10 minutes. So I had to run homework club AND eat lunch at the same time… utter chaos… Later when we had transitioned into math… Scott and I, well, we got the major giggles… Long story short, we’re little kids who get the giggles just like anyone else and the kids have pretty much realized we’re crazy… We can’t hide it from them anymore.. We’re CRAZY. And it’s fun. It’s nice to feel so comfortable in the work place. It makes me realize how important the work community is and if you don’t like your co-workers then it can be really hard to stay happy with your job….