Back in August when my room was in the 80s, I knew this would happen. I was talking to my team back then though and we decided we would rather be cold than hot in our classrooms. Nobody wins with sweaty whiny children. You can always put a jacket on.
Yesterday tested the limits of we-would-rather-be-cold-than-hot. I would rather be cold than hot to a point and yesterday was past that point!
It hovered between 58-60 degrees all day long and I was cold and cranky.
It's not that I am a complainer or anything...but I did text whiny stoic texts to my siblings and children and Adam.
I wore my coat and eventually my gloves.
The kids were cold too. There are only so many rounds of head shoulders knees and toes you can do.
The faculty room is always warm. It's often uncomfortably warm. I was holding out for lunch time.
Then when I was walking my class to lunch, the hall was cold too. I saw Matt in a coat. I said, "Is the whole school cold?"
He said yes.
It was too late or I would have driven home for a space heater.
Finally, about the time the kids were going home, the heat kicked on. It got up to 67 in my classroom and I was as happy as I could be about it.
I passed Matt in the hall after school and he looked back and said, "Oh, Thelma? The heat's working."
I told him I knew that and it was why I had my sunny disposition.
I guess it's a good thing to have the heat not working occasionally to make us appreciate it.
Speaking of appreciation, I read one of my favorite picture books, Boxes for Katje to my class yesterday. Partway through it, a boy said, "This is a really good story!"
Reading to children is my love language and when they like the story, it is my favorite thing ever!
No comments:
Post a Comment