On Being a Teacher in the Wintertime
I am a teacher. I teach Kindergarten at a really great school here in Winston-Salem. I have 23 5/6 year olds. Thankfully, I also have an assistant who happens to be a very good friend as well. Whew! This is my fourth year teaching Kindergarten. I taught 4th grade for 10 years. The switch was nothing short of a very long nightmare of Alfred Hitchcock proportions. However, now I love teaching Kindergarten. My job is more missionary work (due to the hideous low salaries we make) but the rewards are very high. Very. At least I think this 95% of the time. :) Recently, we had two straight weeks of some bad weather here in North Carolina. It is nothing compared to our friends north of the Mason Dixon Line, but when it happens, the state shuts down. HA Our governor even declared a State Emergency on the day "it" was all gonna start but nothing had even happened yet! It was kind of funny. (only in NC) So anyway, due to this bad weather, school was closed 7 out of 10 days. Yes, yo