I literally pushed the elf off the cabinet he had been sharing with a bear puppet. Letting the elf dangle down the side holding on by just his foot because I had forgot to move him and students were outside the door. When asked why he was hanging like that I legit blamed the bear and turned it into a lesson on being kind to others.
We ran out of ideas so I shoved some candy in my mouth (can't have a lot of sugar) and left the wrappers all around and pretended it got into our prize box. 😂🤦♀️ Worth the stomachache when my third graders were absolutely mystified by the elf hanging on the box with candy wrappers.
"But Ms. Teacher, why didn't the elf move?" [Panicking inside] "Oh gosh she didn't?? You know when she moves she's going back to the north pole to tell Santa how you guys were. Maybe she didn't want to tell him how noisy you were yesterday, huh?" 🤯🙃
The week before Winter Break is the longest week ever and kids completely loose their minds. Although you're supposed to keep teaching and admin decides to do an evaluation in Seventh period! So many kids don't come that last day, but all the ones you would love to stay home, every single one of them shows up!
One of my students gave me a Christmas gift of a bottle of cologne and some handkerchiefs. He said his mom told him to give them to me if I would change his grade to passing. I told him I could not do that. He took the gift back.
Why do parents think they can bribe their child's teacher to give them passing grades? If you care so much about your child passing... do your job as a parent and make sure your child does the work and studies. If your child is still failing, do your job as a parent and find tutoring services. Your child's education is important.
I remember a student of mine gave me a gift at Christmas one year, and then when I didn't pass him he didn't give me a gift at the end of the year on the last day of school.
You hit it right on the nail . As a retired teacher, I so understand and have experienced all of those feelings and experiences. Add in the Christmas Concert and the fun never stops!!!! Joy to the world when that bell goes on the last day before Christmas break!!
Soooo accurate! We also had the Winter Program where every grade performed and the parents wouldn’t get out of the way to let the kids get on and off the stage area because they were taking pictures. Then had attitude with us because we asked them to get out of the student seats.
I was eating a bacon double cheeseburger in my closet as our story teller was entertaining my students. We have 4 more days until break 😮 The struggle is real
All this, plus at a Catholic school we throw in DAILY school assemblies for advent prayers (it takes 3 minutes for the prayer and song then 10 minutes to get the whole school backto class). Lights and trees must go up! Art/writing presents must go home to parents! Honestly, I love it. I always plan everything academic to end well before we get there and just do fun stuff from the start December.
High school math teacher. Grades due tomorrow at 8 am, but kids are still in class tomorrow. So I threw away yesterday's lesson on fractions (doubling and half-ing recipes) into the trash, had the kids bring in those recipes today, and most kids watched "The Story of One" documentary while I desperately tried to save the grades and hopes of the failing students. Now, I still have grading to finish, but my struggling students felt seen and heard. The struggle is real....
Let's go to the assembly...and not do work, I felt that. There is never enough time in the classroom, and I joke with my students about wanting 3hrs a day for English which horrifies them but would be just enough time a day to cover everything we need to cover. Also, love you added homemade cookies! During the last day of my clinical, a student brought me some she made herself with a bow and card, the works. I couldn't NOT try them she was too excited, luckily, they were awesome---perfect balance of sugar and salt.
Yesterday, our elf brought the students all the ingredients to make homemade cookies. What in the heck was that elf thinking?????? 😂Soooooooo Friday afternoon (literally ALL afternoon!) my students made cookies! I queued up a “holiday baking video” (a nice loooooong one) and told them they had to “watch quietly while each batch of cookies baked and then cooled!!!! 😂 Every once in a while, I looked up and commented “oooooohhhh! That’s so cute/looks yummy! Pay attention so that “maybe” we can make that next week!” (never gonna happen!!) 😂😂
It's been a minute, but, hmm...I recall mostly, "Okay, let's just have center time!" And passing out holiday-themed coloring pages. That may or may not have had math problems to solve on them, lol. And let's not forget party day, which I always wished we could JUST. SKIP.
Eating the cookies behind the cubbies lol love it. I too am all about the handwashing after blowing nose because I do not need to get sick after break starts (which often happens).
Never seen anyone so not excited over a school assembly since they DIDN’T have to teach lesson plans instead! Those were always the best times in school because we weren’t doing mindless work being absolutely bored to death in class!
I am a parent. I give the teachers a note of thanks in a card, a gift card to the closest coffee shop, my kids decorate ornaments and I'll add something like Ticonderoga pencils. If I add any treats they are packaged not home made. I made cookies but why would their teachers want to risk it
I teach at a Title 1 school. We work so hard. None of us got even a thank you card! Ungrateful parents and horrendously behaved students. Not one parent even said Merry Xmas or Happy Vacation, etc. They treat us so badly. So to all you parents out there, please send a thank you email or card! They certainly send endless complaining emails so we know you've got email. I got a blaster that said, "Why does school close for 2 weeks? Can't I just send my kid to school?" 😖
In the mid 2000's our daughter attended our neighborhood school, a Title I school, for K - 2. The classes were small, around 20 per teacher with an aide. The staff was amazing. The small PTO worked hard so no child was left out. Not perfect, but 4 kids from her K class were in her 5th/6th grade high ability class. We are a college educated household. The other families weren't, but I could tell that the parents were doing their best for their kids. Enjoy your break. I hope your school year gets better.
Yeah, you can send your kid to school. But, I won't be there. Hope you get your story straight as to why you sent your kid to school in the cold. Hope CPS got an ear full of you trying to explain why you sent your kid to school when the calendar is on the internet saying, "No school". Plus, when you drove up to drop him/her off, I know you saw the marquis outside saying, "No school."
I literally pushed the elf off the cabinet he had been sharing with a bear puppet. Letting the elf dangle down the side holding on by just his foot because I had forgot to move him and students were outside the door. When asked why he was hanging like that I legit blamed the bear and turned it into a lesson on being kind to others.
Omg this just made me laugh! 😂 You turned it into a lesson on kindness like a pro! 😂❤
Pro tip! 🤣
We ran out of ideas so I shoved some candy in my mouth (can't have a lot of sugar) and left the wrappers all around and pretended it got into our prize box. 😂🤦♀️ Worth the stomachache when my third graders were absolutely mystified by the elf hanging on the box with candy wrappers.
Hahahahhaa I love this
😂 nice save
“I forgot to move the stupid elf” was so my energy today when my first period started.
This just reminded me to go move ours
"But Ms. Teacher, why didn't the elf move?" [Panicking inside] "Oh gosh she didn't?? You know when she moves she's going back to the north pole to tell Santa how you guys were. Maybe she didn't want to tell him how noisy you were yesterday, huh?" 🤯🙃
She ate the snot cookie 😂
At that point the plague seems like a fair exchange.
I laughed at that part, too! 🤣
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Hey, desperate times call for desperate measures! 😄
The week before Winter Break is the longest week ever and kids completely loose their minds. Although you're supposed to keep teaching and admin decides to do an evaluation in Seventh period! So many kids don't come that last day, but all the ones you would love to stay home, every single one of them shows up!
I love this. It's so real. This coming from a retired teacher who experienced so many of these things.
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That drawing of...shall we say "Santa Claus" was hilarious. ("Oh...that's Me?") 🤣
The first was Pat unloading the car, every single day.
One of my students gave me a Christmas gift of a bottle of cologne and some handkerchiefs. He said his mom told him to give them to me if I would change his grade to passing. I told him I could not do that. He took the gift back.
Why do parents think they can bribe their child's teacher to give them passing grades? If you care so much about your child passing... do your job as a parent and make sure your child does the work and studies. If your child is still failing, do your job as a parent and find tutoring services. Your child's education is important.
I remember a student of mine gave me a gift at Christmas one year, and then when I didn't pass him he didn't give me a gift at the end of the year on the last day of school.
You hit it right on the nail . As a retired teacher, I so understand and have experienced all of those feelings and experiences. Add in the Christmas Concert and the fun never stops!!!! Joy to the world when that bell goes on the last day before Christmas break!!
No Christmas concerts or holiday assemblies of any kind in my school.
I made the mistake of glitter crafts on the last day. I have learned my mistake. The glitter was fully cleaned up, thankfully.
Miss Smith never misses.
My daughter's 2nd year teaching and you can believe I send her a lot of these videos ❣😊
Soooo accurate! We also had the Winter Program where every grade performed and the parents wouldn’t get out of the way to let the kids get on and off the stage area because they were taking pictures. Then had attitude with us because we asked them to get out of the student seats.
🤣Showing this to all the teachers in my life and they are all laughing in agreement to everything😂
My student said he brought me a bracelet as a christmas gift when he took it out it was a hair tie lol
I was eating a bacon double cheeseburger in my closet as our story teller was entertaining my students. We have 4 more days until break 😮
The struggle is real
Hope that burger was awesome!
Mmmm... bacon... double... cheeseburger... 🍔 ❤ (screw sugarplums!)
All this, plus at a Catholic school we throw in DAILY school assemblies for advent prayers (it takes 3 minutes for the prayer and song then 10 minutes to get the whole school backto class). Lights and trees must go up! Art/writing presents must go home to parents! Honestly, I love it. I always plan everything academic to end well before we get there and just do fun stuff from the start December.
High school math teacher. Grades due tomorrow at 8 am, but kids are still in class tomorrow. So I threw away yesterday's lesson on fractions (doubling and half-ing recipes) into the trash, had the kids bring in those recipes today, and most kids watched "The Story of One" documentary while I desperately tried to save the grades and hopes of the failing students. Now, I still have grading to finish, but my struggling students felt seen and heard. The struggle is real....
This was literally me this week 😅😂 I snacked as I cried into my grading and watched students wallow in the misery of finals
I made it! Today was the last day and it was CRAZY!!!. I have freedom for the next 3 weeks! Yay!
3 weeks! I wish. What state are you in because over here, we have all of next week and only 7 working days off.
Lindor chocolates for lunch? Yeah, I can see that.
Been there.
This is everything and on point. I LOL! 😂😂😂
3 days to go the struggle is real
Let's go to the assembly...and not do work, I felt that. There is never enough time in the classroom, and I joke with my students about wanting 3hrs a day for English which horrifies them but would be just enough time a day to cover everything we need to cover.
Also, love you added homemade cookies! During the last day of my clinical, a student brought me some she made herself with a bow and card, the works. I couldn't NOT try them she was too excited, luckily, they were awesome---perfect balance of sugar and salt.
Yesterday, our elf brought the students all the ingredients to make homemade cookies. What in the heck was that elf thinking?????? 😂Soooooooo Friday afternoon (literally ALL afternoon!) my students made cookies! I queued up a “holiday baking video” (a nice loooooong one) and told them they had to “watch quietly while each batch of cookies baked and then cooled!!!! 😂 Every once in a while, I looked up and commented “oooooohhhh! That’s so cute/looks yummy! Pay attention so that “maybe” we can make that next week!” (never gonna happen!!) 😂😂
I absolutely loooove these videos and APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU! Please have a wonderful Christmas break!♥️🎄
5 seconds in and allll the bags in the car….😂😂😂😂❤
It's been a minute, but, hmm...I recall mostly, "Okay, let's just have center time!" And passing out holiday-themed coloring pages. That may or may not have had math problems to solve on them, lol. And let's not forget party day, which I always wished we could JUST. SKIP.
She should have her own comedy special. So funny and relatable.
In the picture of you, the student got your beautiful smile just right.
Eating the cookies behind the cubbies lol love it. I too am all about the handwashing after blowing nose because I do not need to get sick after break starts (which often happens).
So relatable
Never seen anyone so not excited over a school assembly since they DIDN’T have to teach lesson plans instead! Those were always the best times in school because we weren’t doing mindless work being absolutely bored to death in class!
Currently on maternity leave. I don’t miss this in the least bit!
Dam I can’t believe I actually used to believe y’all everytime the elf got moved! 😂😂
My 4th grade kids are getting homework this week. 😂😂2 more days.
Just finished my observation hours and its funny how accurate this is
I love these videos.
DON'T EAT THE SNOT COOKIES!!!! NOOOOOO!
And that’s why I stopped doing Secret Pals/Santa 😂
You put the r in relatable!!!
Awww you look so pretty 😍 pregnant. Enjoy your well deserved time off.
Very true!
Next week…is going to feel so real. Safe healthy and wear those masks. We not getting sick!!!
This is Act 3 from BG3 in a nutshell
I laughed because this is totally me every year
So accurate.
I am a parent. I give the teachers a note of thanks in a card, a gift card to the closest coffee shop, my kids decorate ornaments and I'll add something like Ticonderoga pencils. If I add any treats they are packaged not home made. I made cookies but why would their teachers want to risk it
Spot on 😂😂
So accurate lol...
Now is the start of 3 blessed weeks without the little rugrats. Thank god!😁😅
i am currently teaching in China in the middle of a covid cluster f@@k, some cities are reporting 90% covid rate, no festive spirit here.
The whole covid thing is tyrannical. People's lives are ruined instantly if they dare protest over in China.
Hope you don't get thrown in a covid camp. Best of luck
@@audreyd6725 don't act like the West wasn't ready to do the same thing ;-)
I am so sorry. Sending you love and warmth.
My Guinea piggies will put their tiny paws together and pray for you🙏
My 10 year old niece wants to be a teacher when she grows up
Booger cookies.... lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣4 more days
I still have 4 days 🥲
Wait did I miss it? She’s pregnant again?? ❤️❤️❤️
Wait... did you just eat the sicky cookies?!?!
You mean Christmas break?
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My parents gave me $5 on a gift card. Each family…FIVE DOLLARS! You leave more money tipping for one meal at TGIF people.
At least you got that. Some of us got absolutely nothing from our kids.
Is it wrong to give kids teachers gift cards for the wine store?
I teach at a Title 1 school. We work so hard. None of us got even a thank you card! Ungrateful parents and horrendously behaved students. Not one parent even said Merry Xmas or Happy Vacation, etc. They treat us so badly. So to all you parents out there, please send a thank you email or card! They certainly send endless complaining emails so we know you've got email. I got a blaster that said, "Why does school close for 2 weeks? Can't I just send my kid to school?" 😖
In the mid 2000's our daughter attended our neighborhood school, a Title I school, for K - 2. The classes were small, around 20 per teacher with an aide. The staff was amazing. The small PTO worked hard so no child was left out. Not perfect, but 4 kids from her K class were in her 5th/6th grade high ability class. We are a college educated household. The other families weren't, but I could tell that the parents were doing their best for their kids. Enjoy your break. I hope your school year gets better.
Yeah, you can send your kid to school. But, I won't be there. Hope you get your story straight as to why you sent your kid to school in the cold. Hope CPS got an ear full of you trying to explain why you sent your kid to school when the calendar is on the internet saying, "No school". Plus, when you drove up to drop him/her off, I know you saw the marquis outside saying, "No school."
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