First Day of School

Today was my first day of being a student-teacher/volunteer at Banting and Best and it was a blast! Holy crap were the kids ever fun. I am totally committed to being a teacher now. I’m currently in a grade 6 class, but I’ve been told I get to work with the grade 8s and grade 7/8 class as well. The grade 6s are pretty funny so far, here’s a smattering of the conversations I had with them today:

“Hey what’s your name?”
“It’s Redford.”
“Is that your real name?”
“Yes it is. Why would I make up a name like Redford? I’m stuck with it.”
“You can always change your name.”
“Yeah, but, it’d really hurt my parents’ feelings.”

“Redford, are you a dropout?”
“No, I’m not a dropout. Why would a dropout want to teach? Wouldn’t they drop out because they hate school?”
“I don’t know! You tell me.”

“Redford, do you have a girlfriend?”
“No comment! I’m not answering that question.”
“Does that mean you’re a loner?”

I’m sure there’s more to come later, but this is precisely why I want to teach. They’re fun to be around and seem to be enjoying themselves at school. When it comes down to actually teaching and stuff they’re really smart as well. It’s a lot of work too, because you have to plan with the kids, but in the end, it’s worth it.