Now we're enjoying our dessert to some romantical music :)
Now, for some notes from the day.
Second day of subbing in 5 different classrooms while the teachers had their one-hour technology trainings. It's a bit crazy to bounce from one class to another..from fifth grade to kindergarten, all in one day...but the good news is, if it sucks, I only have to stay there for 1 hour. :)
In one of the fifth grades, they were working on social studies, and having to write a song about the Boston Tea Party, so the teacher told me to look up some songs on youtube so they could sing along to the tune w/their words...Like, the Star Spangled Banner.
So, I get the instrumental version of the Star Spangled Banner up (making sure it is school appropriate first), then I leave the group by the computer to listen/sing along/etc. and I go to monitor some other groups. The music stopped after awhile, and I go over to see what's going on, and one of the boys (innocently enough) had started looking for a better version because the guitarist "goes crazy in the middle". Except he did a search for "Tea Party" and "Banner". I come over just in time to see a video of the crazy Tea Party protesters....HOPEFULLY before any craziness happened! I mean, what do kids know about the current Tea Party? He just thought he would find a good Boston Tea Party song.
So, I get the instrumental version of the Star Spangled Banner up (making sure it is school appropriate first), then I leave the group by the computer to listen/sing along/etc. and I go to monitor some other groups. The music stopped after awhile, and I go over to see what's going on, and one of the boys (innocently enough) had started looking for a better version because the guitarist "goes crazy in the middle". Except he did a search for "Tea Party" and "Banner". I come over just in time to see a video of the crazy Tea Party protesters....HOPEFULLY before any craziness happened! I mean, what do kids know about the current Tea Party? He just thought he would find a good Boston Tea Party song.
Note to self: Never leave the computer unattended on Youtube...or the students might be exposed to craziest Fox News lovin' Republicans in the world ;)
Secondly, here is a letter to a parent I wrote in my head today.
Dear Parent,
Thank you so much for coming 3/4 of the way through our "pass-out-valentines time" with a box of unwritten valentines for your child. It was wonderful to have that kid bounce off the walls while everyone else passed out valentines and he just got to watch. Then, to have him have to IN FIVE MINUTES scramble to write his name on 24 valentines (nevermind that they knew about the party for weeks, and the teacher had sent home a note with all the students names so you could personalize it). It was fantastic to have him scribble his name sloppily on all the valentines while two of his friends quickly passed them out. Great planning! Sincerely,
Josie
Overall, it was a great day, and I'm very lucky to have such a sweet and wonderful husband! :) Happy Valentines Day!
P.S. Jeremiah gave me these hearts he got from Guatemala...before we started dating and I had the biggest crush on him :) This is a picture I took at the time...like 10 years ago
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