Thursday, August 26, 2010
Webbles Wabble But They Don't Fall Down
I recently decided to go back to school to finish the degree I had started like 6 years ago. Yeah I know I'm kinda slow but whatever at least I'm going back. I did pretty good with my time management for the first two MODS, but this last mod (10weeks) is really chaffing my ass. I have to do an externship which is pretty much an internship why they call it an externship I don't really know I'm sure someone told me at one point but as you can see it was such an interesting fact that I can't remember. My major is early childhood education so my externship is at a preschool/ daycare center 4 hrs 3 days a week for 10 weeks, sounds like a good math problem. Now I had never really worked at a preschool before so I didn't really know what to expect. Here's an over view of the room...about 20 3 year olds...enough said. The room is filled with mini tables and chairs, low shelves, housekeeping center, blocks, cars, paint, library and a giant fun rug for their circle time. My first thought in entering this room is to be super nice to all the kids, they don't know me and were probably going to be weirded out, well i was wrong the thing about 3 year olds is most of them are just happy to be alive. Not even 3 mins into being there I had three kids in front of me telling me their life story..."whats your name?" "do you have a sister?" "I have a sister her name is sarah" "I went to funtown this weekend" Ooo something shiny....In my quest to be the most coolest externshiper to ever set foot into this place, I decide that when on the play ground instead of sitting in the shade sipping on iced coffee and flavored waters like the rest of the teachers I was going to stand in the blazing heat and push kids on the swings, 4 at a time i might add..that takes skills, I also ran around trying to catch them, ate make believe ice cream, and placed pass. I thought it was sad that all the teachers were just sitting around not wanted to play with the kids .By the third week I understood why..once you start you cant stop..I pushed, and ran, and passed for three weeks straight in the 95 degree weather do you think for one sec those kids would want to sit down and just enjoy the air...NOPE push me higher, eat more ice cream..Shit I don't want anymore fake ice cream I want the real shit its hot out here until you can produce something cold I'm going over to the shade to pray I'm not going to have a heart attack. I prayed for at least one rainy day a week so i could have a day off so to speak. The indoor activities are fun we pretty much just paint, color, play with play dough..or eat it in some cases read books and dance..that's right we dance..oh to be a fly on the wall, if you weren't amused by watching grown adults sitting in mini chairs, watching them dance to children's songs would totally make your day. especially when your the only one dancing and they are all looking at you like you just had a seizure. After the hour of running around in the heat..the 20mins of dancing to the magic school bus, and 30mins of trying to get lil tommy to stop eating the play dough its time for lunch. Lunch is usually the last half hour before I leave. The center provides lunch for the children, the three days I am there its Monday Chicken nuggets, Tuesday pizza, Wednesday sandwich, along with veggies and some sort of fruit. BY this point I am starving..My only hope is that these kids wont eat all the nuggest and I will get to eat a few so that I dont pass out on the way home. No such luck..usually these little muchkins eat like 5 nuggets a piece, so im stuck looking for a sugar packet or baby puffs in my car to eat on the way home. All in all its usually a pretty good day, by the time i get home its almost 1 meaning i get to feed my baby bear and out us down for nap. the problem with this is im napping instead of finishing my homework thats due that night like im use to doing so im always stuck bullshitting something by 530 so its at least not late. Awww the joys of being a college student 5 more weeks and im done :)
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