Oh the kids
I just left what I would call a cluster )&@#? ! The kids I worked with were just not all present. I was doing another afterschool program in north county and the thing was disappointing from the word go. The kids just didn't have focus. They had tons of presence but no skeleton - no structure. I watched teachers and aids get there attention way before my class by screaming, yelling and shouting sarcasm and other snide remarks. So it wasn't surprising to hear them (kids) use them on each other and me. They so wanted to PLAY but they didn't know how.
No!
They knew how-it was just different. It was rules of the olded days where brute force wins. Volume is the god with them.
What did I do?
Not much- it was hard not to go crazy myself. I was almost ready to snap but I couldn't. I just didn't think it would help.
These kids are so used to being heightened already.
Wow it was hard.
Very hard.
Reggi