This past Friday, I celebrated my birthday and although it was not exactly a funny thing that was said or done in class, I still wanted to post this. My class can drive me crazy sometimes, but this past Friday I don't think I've ever felt so happy and proud to be their teacher. Friday we started a normal day, Mass in the morning, reading and spelling tests, pros and cons for the week, lunch, and recess. This past week was my week for recess duty. I love recess duty most days when it is nice, but usually not on Friday's because I do not have a break on Friday. I am usually stressed with the many things I need to get done in the school day without a break, spelling words and graded papers need to go home. I decided that on Friday I was not going to stress over the little things and just have fun with the kids at recess and initiated a boys versus girls game of kickball. We lost 19-1, but we had so much fun!
When it was time to come in, the third grade teacher stalled me for a brief moment, while the class went in the room. As I walked to our room I found the door decorated and I entered the classroom to find out that my class threw a surprise birthday party for me. They planned it out so well, they had pretzels, chips, cake, and brownies. They brought in drinks, plates, napkins, plastic utensils. Everything that was needed for a party was brought in and they managed with the help of the third grade teacher to decorate and get everything set up.
This had to be the best birthday gift I received this year for my birthday. Some of the children made cards, some brought in gifts of chocolate, and one of the children even sang me song. It is moments like this that remind me why I became a teacher!
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