Tuesday, September 16, 2008

1st day of teaching

This is actually a story that happened to my friend Val. And to preface this story, we went to a private, Christian school where every student in the school was a car rider. You had to be a car rider.
This is Val's very first day of teaching ever. Miss Neil. The school did not give her a run through of how dismissal works at her school, I guess they thought it was obvious. The end of the first day came and the intercom comes on loud and clear and says, "The walkers may be dismissed." So several of her 7th graders stand up and start walking out of the room. "Oh no, they are not pulling one on me!" she thought. So she ran to the door and yelled at these rebellious students she had, "You cannot leave! NONE OF YOU HAVE WALKERS!!"
They had a good laugh as they explained that walkers were students that walked home. She of course was embarrased but laughed and admitted she thought there was a designated place for students with disabilities and walkers to walk out first. At least those students had something to tell their parents about their first day of 7th grade.