I did it now!!! (3/27-30)

I did it now!!! The honeymoon is over as far as teaching is concerned. It happens to teachers every year. There is a period for which the children are new to you and you to them, so they are well-behaved because they don't know what to expect or don't know others well enough to be brave. Well, that time is over here!

Most of these children have been together since preschool. They know each other sooo well that they know what each other are thinking. That can be good, and it can be bad. Students are beginning to speak harshly to each other and get rough with each other because they are very familiar with each other. They don't have patience when things go wrong and they don't have boundaries, resulting in some aggressive behavior lately. I saw three boys fooling around. One was play-pushing, one got annoyed and got rough, the third bent over to avoid the pushing and banged his head on a desk. Ouch!

I and my co-teaching partner (we switch classes all the time) took this problem to the principal. With a deep appreciation of the situation and grave concern, our principal suggested that there be an assembly to address the matter. She put Pily and I in charge of it. We have to get the students involved in role-playing and acting skits out. We need to have it ready by April 19th. That's what I get for opening my big mouth!!!