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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Reminder

Things that happened yesterday:


The heat was expectedly unexpected.  It was 53 degrees when I walked in the door of my classroom and 79 degrees when I left.  I for sure didn’t complain because mine was the warmest classroom in the building. (And 79 feels pretty good when you've been freezing most of the day.)


I got a new student.  She wore a dress and had a matching hair bow.  She was shaking when I introduced her to the class.  She drew me a picture during inside recess and later, when they went outside, another girl shyly asked if she wanted to play with her.


We celebrated a half birthday and the birthday girl brought fun dip.  That takes forever to eat and I just gave up and read aloud to them while they all sucked on sugar.  Ugh.


There was tuneless humming while they were supposed to be working quietly.  Tuneless humming requires all of my patience and kindness to endure.


I told them to stop talking and get to work and sit on their pockets 1000 times.


What I thought about all day:


A first grader I know died suddenly over the weekend.  I know her teacher (not at my school).


I couldn’t get it out of my head.


I couldn’t thank my lucky stars enough that my students were there, healthy (if you call sucking on fun dip healthy).


It made me appreciate the things that matter most.


 

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