Thursday, March 27, 2014
I Would Have Never Imagined
Walking into that first grade classroom,
with less than a week to prepare.
They “collapsed” MY classroom,
gave MY students to other teachers.
Their name tags are on their desks,
I had so many plans for the year
And now it is gone.
Now I have these little kids,
I am feeling overwhelmed,scared
And a little angry.
They can’t just turn to page 77,
I have to teach them how to use the bathrooms and the cafeteria,
And how to manage being in school all day for the first time.
But once the anger and panic subsided what I found was
Love.
I am their “mom” at school and they share such love for me and trust in me every day.
I just hope I have done right by them.
While I am happy to be going back to third grade next year,
I would never have imagined that
I am going to miss these little kids, these first graders.
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ReplyDeleteI connected with your post this week. I had the same thing happen to me. I started out a year with a 4/5 split and three weeks in they also collapsed my class and I moved down to second. It was a rough transition.
ReplyDeleteI liked your post, but I think you have too many and's in your writing. I think you could make more dramatic and catchy shorter sentences. It might also help the flow of your writing piece. Thanks for sharing!
What a great expression of your experience - I love the picture, too - it goes so well with the writing!! I wonder if you could include an example of a special moment with your students, like a quote from them or something thats warmed your heard that they have done!!! Thank you for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteAs I read through your writing, I feel that there are lots of frustration and joy in this experience. I also feel that you could turn this paragraph into a narrative poem so that everything that brings you anger and happiness can be laid out for contrast. The picture is cute!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that this writing many teachers can relate to. You can feel your anger and joy happening at the same time. I like how you capitalized the word "MY" a couple if times. I think it provides great emphasis because that is really how we feel about our students.
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