Whoopsee...shhh....

So today was wonderful by the way. My teacher had a meeting this afternoon and so I had free reign of the whole classroom from lunch until the end of the day. I do believe I did a few things poorly though and I will probably end up paying for it in the end. Let me explain...So I had everything planned, my students came in from lunch, and there was just a sense of power that fell upon me. It was magical really.

I had them switch for science as they always do, and my lesson with the other class went really well. I feel like I am getting more control over them everyday, which is a wonderful feeling. Then my students came back in, and everything almost kind of went down the drain. I informed them that Mrs. Williams was gone for the rest of the afternoon and that I was going to be their substitute...and they cheered...what a great feeling it is to be worshiped. Ha. Just kidding.

They just completed their District Writing Assessment for Persuasive Writing and what a wonderful feeling it is for them to have that out of the way after working non-stop on persuasive writing for the past couple of months. However, I thought it would be hilarious (go figure) to inform them that Mrs. Williams wanted them to do one more persuasive writing today, as a joke. You should have heard and seen their reactions. It was perfect. Exactly how I wanted it to be. Groaning, moaning, slamming heads on their desks...perfect.

Eventually I told them I was kidding, and from that point on, I could not stop laughing. Whenever I would try to give them a serious instruction, I kept laughing. I think I lost all of the respect that they had for me, because I just couldn't stop laughing. I told them I was trying to be serious, and so they started laughing, and we really just had a fun time. I suppose it was good for them to see that I can be relaxed and that I do laugh every once in a while. But I taught them. The whole afternoon. All by myself. So...awesome....I tell you what. And I told them to not tell Mrs. Williams that I could not be serious, that it would be our little secret.

And to make myself feel even better, one of the writings that we did today has an extension activity tomorrow. I told them that Mrs. Williams will be doing that extension activity with them tomorrow because I have a meeting to go to tomorrow afternoon, so I am not going to be there, and they sounded so disappointed. Again, it feels so good to be liked. Such a good feeling. Fun.