As a teacher, I genuinely care for my students and want them to do well and succeed. Sometimes I have horrible classes and it drains me and makes me wonder why I am doing this but then something like the following happens:
We were playing a game similar to hangman, I put a phrase up. It was "Kara is a mean teacher." The class got "Ka-a -- a -ea- -ea-her" They knew most of the words but not "mean". The dialogue between the group was as follows:
Kara is a teal teacher?
Kara is a real teacher?
Kara is a head teacher?
Kara is a mean teacher?
NOOOO. It is not that. No! (there was much objection from almost the entire class)
They ended up guessing "Kara is a real teacher" and it was wrong. The next group guessed it correct but saying they didn't think it was that. When I wrote it on the board, the class was like "TEACHER!! NO! LIES!!" It really hit me that these kids don't think I am mean, even if I have some mean policies in my class. Made me feel good.
Additionally and off topic, this class also told me that I don't need to diet and that I am beautiful as I am and that diets are dumb and I should eat lunch with them today because it was a good lunch. Got to love kids who are supportive. I am truly happy, even if I have bad or off days.
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