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A Story of Absent Teachers and Bosses Owing me BIG TIME
14 years ago
I teach for Young Rembrandts, an after school art program for student who want to learn more about drawing. I teach at five different schools across the area I live in currently. I just picked up the fifth this week, which is where our story begins.
I took over this class on Tuesdays because A) the original instructor for it could not handle the class. Apparently it was a "problem" class and they needed someone with actual teaching background to step on and take control. And B) I didn't care about taking it over, more money for me in the long run and I taught at the school last year so I knew it already so everyone knew me including half of the kids signed up.
There are two classes currently at the school, a Kindergarten class (which another instructor in the same program I am in) and the 1st-5th grade class (the one I took over).
So, I arrive prompt and preened and moved the classroom around to my fitting, having put down "blotter paper" with students names on it so they had an assigned seat. The students arrived, I went over who I was, what I did yadda yadda and we started drawing...
Until the secretary popped her head in with news.
The other instructor hadn't shown up, and the secretary called my boss with an idea of what to do. Which was have me teach both classes at once.
...Which turned into a TON of kids FAST. But my boss said "jump" and I was going to do what she said.
All in all the kids did very well with the drawing. The only problem I really ran into was I didn't have enough pencils so two kids had to get their own from their back packs. We talked about the culture in the lesson and did the drawing and shipped out. Was it a little chaotic? Yes, but what can you say about 26 kids, most under the age of 6?
I called my boss afterwards and was praised with thank yous and thank goodnesses. I also got an email from said missing instructor who thought there was no class this week because of Thanksgiving.
Would I do it again?
Not on your life HAHA. All the same age, sure. All varying in ages, no way.
~Angel~
I took over this class on Tuesdays because A) the original instructor for it could not handle the class. Apparently it was a "problem" class and they needed someone with actual teaching background to step on and take control. And B) I didn't care about taking it over, more money for me in the long run and I taught at the school last year so I knew it already so everyone knew me including half of the kids signed up.
There are two classes currently at the school, a Kindergarten class (which another instructor in the same program I am in) and the 1st-5th grade class (the one I took over).
So, I arrive prompt and preened and moved the classroom around to my fitting, having put down "blotter paper" with students names on it so they had an assigned seat. The students arrived, I went over who I was, what I did yadda yadda and we started drawing...
Until the secretary popped her head in with news.
The other instructor hadn't shown up, and the secretary called my boss with an idea of what to do. Which was have me teach both classes at once.
...Which turned into a TON of kids FAST. But my boss said "jump" and I was going to do what she said.
All in all the kids did very well with the drawing. The only problem I really ran into was I didn't have enough pencils so two kids had to get their own from their back packs. We talked about the culture in the lesson and did the drawing and shipped out. Was it a little chaotic? Yes, but what can you say about 26 kids, most under the age of 6?
I called my boss afterwards and was praised with thank yous and thank goodnesses. I also got an email from said missing instructor who thought there was no class this week because of Thanksgiving.
Would I do it again?
Not on your life HAHA. All the same age, sure. All varying in ages, no way.
~Angel~
Oh that and I cuss sooooooo much. In fact, I've been repremanded by nearly all of my friend's parents for cussing. Except of course that one who when I walked in yelled, "Eric how the fuck are you?"
You take care and have most excellent day my friend!
~da Boa~