Because life is too short...

I am in love with my children. I found myself second guessing kindergarten at first because it is hard. They are 5 years old, 5 on IEP plans, and 4 retentions. 18 all together. And FIVE years old. They came into the class knowing so little about everything let alone life skills. At a title 1 school- low economic status— kindergarten teachers usually are doing everything on their own with little help from parents because guess what, normally they don’t care about their child’s school, it’s a place that they drop them off at for 8 hours a day. These teachers teach the children manners, respect, and everyday things. The progress I have seen is phenomenal. So yes, kindergarten isn’t the easiest. But with a lot of intervention, and the use of different strategies the KIDS will SUCCEED. One of my attention deficit; not diagnosed; did so well today when he worked individually with me. Another one with occupational trouble with his hands, cut and glued his heart out. He wrote his a’s in that apple tree too. Half of you know nothing of what I’m even referring to…but the main point is… I can’t wait to be teaching on my own.