Yes those are two different things. The first is the story from Friday. Respector is a horse that roams the halls of Steele indicating which classrooms in the building that goes above and beyond the call of respective duty. In order to earn the Horse a class must earn 5s in all of the specials (5 points is best) throughout the week. We had been doing very well all week and we knew we were in the running for it. At the end of the day we were celebrating one kid’s birthday when suddenly over the loudspeaker it was announced. WE HAD WONNNNN It was totally nuts!!! The kids were screaming and it was utter insanity. Then the horse was delivered and literally ALL hell broke loose… Needless to say it was a fun reward to the kids.
Now the second part, Respect, is something I’m now starting to struggle with. I’m realizing now that the kids here recognize that I’m an intern. And instead of wanting to share their learning and help me they triangulate Trevor and myself… Or they lie to me. I have a huge problem with dishonesty and don’t tolerate it. My kids think they can get away with it because I’m an intern and have to go running to Trevor to fight my battles. Which isn’t the case. I can fight my own battles, and I can defend whatever I need to. It’s just tiring because I feel like the bad guy all the time… It’s like good guy- bad guy copish and I want to work around it. The other problem is the “if I walk away from Ms. Emily I don’t have to listen to her.” It’s SO FRUSTRATING. I feel like a dumbass following the kids around trying to get them to listen to me but at the same time I need them to understand whatever it is that I’m trying to tell them… UGH! Any help, I’m all ears!
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