Monday, March 17, 2014

Rainy Day at Elementary School

It's pouring down rain today, and does not feel like my first day of spring break.  Due to state testing, field trip, and teacher work day all this week for Mary Lee, this was the only day that would work for me to ride over to her student teaching school (35 miles from here but just 10 miles from where she's living this school year), have lunch with her, and meet her class and teacher.

I was only there for about half an hour, but it was fun to see her "in action" and being teacher-ish.  She got up, walked down the table row with her hand up, and the kids immediately got quiet for the part of the lunch period when they are not allowed to talk, just eat.  She is at a large, new elementary school with 700 students!  She is working for a good teacher, and the other 4th grade teachers that I also met were complimentary of her good work.  It was worth the ride in the rain.

5 comments:

Perry said...

That is so nice that she is following in her mother's "footsteps." Teaching is such an excellent occupation! Thanks for posting the cute picture of the two of you. ---Carol

Nog Blog said...

You girls are looking good!

Ada said...

I'll bet those children love her! She is so pretty and would be a really "fun" and energetic teacher. AND I agree with Judy - great picture of both of you.

clevekath said...

Nice picture. One always remembers Student Teaching experiences and then the first day/week of teaching "for pay", too! Those can be nervous times.

And my favorite teaching joke, too...Can you name 3 excellent & rewarding reasons for going into the profession of teaching?
Answer: June, July, & August

rk2 said...

Nice picture of you two.