Friday, November 30, 2012

an important lesson

At the beginning of the year, I came up with a system for lunch duty. I created the schedule and the routine. You might say that because of that, I feel a bit like I'm in charge of making sure that lunch runs smoothly. You might also say that some other teachers are less worried about making sure that lunch runs smoothly.

The result? I end up running around, policing 125 children during lunch every other week. Before I became a teacher, I had no idea what that was like. I want you to imagine that someone has just told a child in the room that you have candy in your pockets, but you won't share unless they ask you over and over -- and it's all a sick joke because you don't actually have any candy.

Now, multiply that by 125.

This week, after two teachers left at the same time (so that it really was just 2:125), I decided that I need to stop worrying about the entire room.

Now, if you walk into lunch you will observe that one quarter of the room is calm, collected, and in their seats while the rest of the room goes bananas. But at least I don't feel crazy.

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