Caught In The Whirlwind
Posts tagged 4th grade
QotD: Apple For The Teacher
Feb 16th 2007
Who was your best (or worst) elementary school teacher?
Submitted by Minnow.
My worst elementary school teacher was my 3rd grade teacher. Man, that Jerk didn’t teach me anything! Oh…wait…I skipped 3rd grade…Nevermind.
My worst elementary school experience, though was definitely 4th grade. Not even halfway through the year, our teacher (who’s name I can’t remember) left, leaving us with a string of substitute teachers, and then eventually, a 1st grade teacher who was brought up to teach 4th grade because he wasn’t showing up. Due to all of the substitute teacher-ing and the fact our permanent replacement was used to teaching 1st graders, well…I’m not sure we really learned much of anything that year.
In addition to all of this, our class was sandwiched into a little tiny room near the library and cafeteria kitchen with no windows and a door leading directly into the gym. Was probably some kind of utility closet or something until they decided they needed a classroom.
I distinctly remember being happy to get to 5th grade.
Prevalence Of Cell Phones
Sep 22nd 2006
I saw something that made my kinda sad on my drive to work this morning. I got caught behind a school bus and at one of the stops, one of the kids was late getting on. This kid probably wasn’t older than a 3rd or 4th grader. So he ran towards the bus, one of those rolling luggage type backpacks in tow. In is other hand, he was holding a flip style cell phone.
On his way to school. A real, full featured phone. What possible use could a 4th grader have with a cell phone at school?
I dunno, maybe I’m just getting too old to understand kids sometimes. Or their parents. Of course that’s a scary thought since I’m only 22…
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