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substitute teaching
Mar. 26th, 2003 06:09 pmI went in today to Eitz Chayim to substitute teach (all the Harvard people are on break -- which is most of the teachers there!). Because of teching Whitney's thesis in the evening, I had said I wasn't available, but the sub situation was bad so I went in anyway, agreeing that it would be only for the first 2/3 of the day. I've just gotten back.
The class I got was the 7th grade for Hebrew (reviewing the Haggadah) and Bible (reading Samuel II). These are the kids that I had back in 6th grade! I have missed them, and I'd like to think Sharon made sure to assign me them, because she knows I'd like to see them.
Here's one cute little scene that happened:
Two of the kids were elsewhere for the first period, leaving only 3 students all of whom I had had before. At the snack they return and turn out to be two boys whom I don't know, so I ask them their names. "Matt" one says. and "Nicky" the other. They were pretty casual about it, so I think they expected they fooled me. What you must realize though, is that the attendance sheets mark if a student is in their first year at the school. Three students (2 boys and a girl) had joined the class since I last had these kids and the boy's names should be "Aaron" and "Matthew". I know one of 'em's lying --- he doesn't know that I already know Nicky! So it's all a matter of getting clued in because of that caught lie, listening until one directs some background talk to the other, and calling the one by the name which he didn't use for his friend, and I've got the kid Aaron ("I'm Matt") going "How did you know my name? --Did I tell her??"
Wheeee!
Plus, it was refreshing to have older kids again. When the principal came in to spell me so that I could leave in time to make to the theater on time, I wished I hadn't been to careful to remember that it would be rush hour. I wanted to stay longer... We were just getting into the Bible discussion, which is my favorite subject to lead, and I just can't do that with the little kiddies.
As evidenced by the fact that I have time to fit in a livejournalling, we set aside more than enough extra in-case-of-traffic travel time.
But I've used that up now, off to Spingold!
The class I got was the 7th grade for Hebrew (reviewing the Haggadah) and Bible (reading Samuel II). These are the kids that I had back in 6th grade! I have missed them, and I'd like to think Sharon made sure to assign me them, because she knows I'd like to see them.
Here's one cute little scene that happened:
Two of the kids were elsewhere for the first period, leaving only 3 students all of whom I had had before. At the snack they return and turn out to be two boys whom I don't know, so I ask them their names. "Matt" one says. and "Nicky" the other. They were pretty casual about it, so I think they expected they fooled me. What you must realize though, is that the attendance sheets mark if a student is in their first year at the school. Three students (2 boys and a girl) had joined the class since I last had these kids and the boy's names should be "Aaron" and "Matthew". I know one of 'em's lying --- he doesn't know that I already know Nicky! So it's all a matter of getting clued in because of that caught lie, listening until one directs some background talk to the other, and calling the one by the name which he didn't use for his friend, and I've got the kid Aaron ("I'm Matt") going "How did you know my name? --Did I tell her??"
Wheeee!
Plus, it was refreshing to have older kids again. When the principal came in to spell me so that I could leave in time to make to the theater on time, I wished I hadn't been to careful to remember that it would be rush hour. I wanted to stay longer... We were just getting into the Bible discussion, which is my favorite subject to lead, and I just can't do that with the little kiddies.
As evidenced by the fact that I have time to fit in a livejournalling, we set aside more than enough extra in-case-of-traffic travel time.
But I've used that up now, off to Spingold!
