Tattle Tell

I so felt like the class tattle teller these past couple of days. But, when it comes to my children and the kids I'm entrusted to help each day I will do everything to make sure everything is great for them.

The sub for the K class was a very sweet lady but she was so not cut out for kindergarten. I think she expected a little too much from a group of 5 year olds. She had a problem realizing that things needed to be explained to them, they need to know what the numbers are past 10. They don't move as fast as a bunch of high school kids (the sub was a high school teacher in Cali before moving here) and you actually have to wait for them and not just walk off and leave them. I also felt she had already labeled a couple of kids as "bad seeds". In fact, she actually told me that she can already tell what one of them is going to be like when they are older. That was just a wrong comment to make. First of all, she only knew the child for half a day. Every child is so different and not every child grows up to be like they are right now. You have to make allowances for children. Their home life may not be the same as someone elses, they may have a learning problem. It just really rubbed me the wrong way.

The 1st grade sub was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!! I heard stories going in but it got even worse at dismissal yesterday. I waited outside for Rylie in "the spot" and after a few mins she still wasn't out. I knew things would go differently because of the sub but I didn't know how different. I think about 4 or 5 kids (including Rylie) showed up but no teacher in sight. I finally saw her way up at the building talking to people. I took Rylie's hand and let her know that I was taking Rylie and she just brushed me off. When we got home, Cody and I were talking about it and Rylie told me that the teacher told them to "just walk ahead and keep walking". Ya, who tells that to a bunch of 6 and 7 year olds? Anything could have happened yesterday and we were just so blessed that nothing did. This afternoon, the principal walked them out. I was very happy about that.