26 January 2010

First First First





Yesterday was a day of firsts...

My first Monday.

My first observation of the semester, watching a gifted kid give an amazing 30-minute presentation on martial arts.  He is 11 and he made eye contact while reading his notecards.  Then he did a PowerPoint, a Q&A, and a demonstration.  To think I failed a 5-minute presentation on "How to Play the Trombone" at that age.  (Thanks, JT...)

While I was standing near the door in the dark, watching fifth graders give a powerpoint presentation on México, a girl who had been at the nurse's office came in and grabbed her jacket and book bag.  She left the room, but then hurried back, sat on the floor one foot away from me and grabbed the trash can.  Wondering why the girl fell so hurriedly to the floor, I watched as she clutched the trash can like it was New Years Day and hurled.  My first student vom.  Milestone.


My first hug.  <3

Side note: Today was the MOST ridiculous day ever, and I can't wait to write about it.
Stay tuned, Dear Reader, stay TUNED!

2 comments:

holly Young said...

Puking. Oh. The puking. Honestly, that part hasn't been AS BAD as I thought it would be. (((leans over and knocks on wood coffee table)))

What REALLY REALLY gets me is when they start losing their teeth. I'll take a puker over a loose tooth any day. I mean, Hello. A freaking tooth just fell out of your freaking face. Terrible. Terrible.

Maybe by third grade they will be too old for that. :)

Have you had your first snow day/delay? Good stuff! :)

Peaches said...

Haha, I don't care about lost teeth, but the puking was made better by my first hug, which was not from the puking child.

My district doesn't have bus service, so I think I might be waiting awhile for a snow day, but that doesn't mean I'm not WAITING!