Science and Pro-gress

They're starting to get comfortable!!! Haha...I've definitely noticed in the past couple of days that the kids are starting to feel more at home in my class. Don't get me wrong; I want them to feel comfortable. The only thing is we don't want to get too comfortable. I gave my highest amount of consequences today. I still don't feel that stressed about it, but I also feel like this is a good warning sign that I need to jerk back on the chain. I say that in a sensitive tone. I hope my writing didn't leave the reader with the conclusion that I was like, "If any of these kids freak out on the classroom....I get to take them down." (any 'Old School' fans...c'mon) Please, that's not what I'm saying. I know how sensitive Zarandona is about disciplining children. But seriously, I need to make a couple of calls tonight and set up some meetings for tomorrow.

This year already seems like it's going by faster. Christmas will be here before you know it, and all of a sudden I've got a feeling like I really want to step up my game in the classroom and extra-curricular setting. It's so hard to predict what most of us will do next year; but just in case I decide education isn't for me, I want to "leave it all on the field". I'm also starting to see how you can get really, really attached to your community, the people you work with, and the kids. It's so much more fun right now, because they already know me. There just can't be enough said about "showing up". I'm blown away by how much progress you can/will achieve by just showing up every day. I think it's even more impressive when you show up every day in the after-school setting as well. I've taken a short break from that so far this year, but I can't wait for basketball season. I'm even more excited about the two other guys that are going to assist. I think the kids are going to get so much out of it. October can not get here fast enough!!