I’m back to work today, well for a Personal Development Day (I quite like them, it eases you back into work without having a classroom full of kids!). But I do have to say that I’m looking forward to the new term and what it will bring, and I have missed my little munchkins over the holidays. We only have 9 weeks left together and I hope I have made enough of an impression on some of them so they’ll remember me like I remember my first teacher, Mrs Schwass! She was wonderful, just like Miss Honey from Roald Dahl’s book “Matilda” and I will never forget how she made me feel.
Also thank you for commenting and liking my posts! It is wonderful reaching out and I’m really enjoying reading your blogs too.
Here is a little story that was emailed to me – I thought it was pretty cool, see what you think 🙂
My kind of teacher
This one is dedicated to all my friends who ever taught school,
parented children or served their country.
A former Sergeant, having served his time with the Marine Corps,
took a new job as a school teacher, but just before the school year started,
he injured his back.
He was required to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body.
Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn’t noticeable.
On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school.
The punks, having already heard the new teacher was a former Marine,
were leery of him and decided to see how tough he really was before trying any pranks.
Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, the new teacher opened the window wide
and sat down at his desk.
When a strong breeze made his tie flap,
he picked up a stapler and promptly stapled the tie to his chest!!!!!
There was dead silence.
He had no trouble with discipline that year.
Dancing Speargrass 