***One of "Tess" goals it to read foods off of a menu-Well, "Tess" doesn't know any better, but "Bear" typed up in very large letters a LUNCH MENUE .....I had a hard time walking by this everyday. Spelling isn't her strong point.
***On March 2nd, Most schools celebrate Dr. Suess' B-day. Well, as "Bear" talked about him, she kept referring to him as Dr. Zeus. This confused our special ed kids very much. I found it quite funny when on little boy asked her if Dr. Zeus was on Disney's Hercules.
***When it comes to teaching you are continually doing assessments to see how the kids are doing. We do simple assessments called running records to see the level the kids are reading at. If they are reading at 95% accuracy or better, we bump them up to a higher level. Well...this simple concept was too complex for "Bear". She tested Sherie one day and even though she scored 89% The little 1st graders said to was too easy. So she bumped her up to a higher level. Do we believe our data? or a 1st grader? Let think about this one.
***Also, "Bear" used a lot of treats to reward the kids--almost too much. I would her her say on the other side of the bookcases "I'm hungry so let's earn..." This happened almost everyday.
***Another funny story that happened to "Bear" was with "Tess" our 11 year old with downs syndrome. "Bear" works with her because she is on about the same level as some of our first graders. But being 11, she is going through some physical changes and has started wearing a bra. Well, she spent a long time at the sink and got her sleeves wet. When she sat back over at the table, the wet sleeves bothered her, so she pulled her arms inside. Then she raised her hands. "Tess's" shirt ended up flying right up to her shoulders. Panicking "Bear" ran to get her coat to cover her from the closets. She was trying hard to protect the innocent 1st graders. She didn't know quite how to handle the situation and told the other kids not to look under the table. When you say to a 6 year old NOT to look. Guess what they'll do? Yep you guessed they were more interested then before. I think at this point she had and lost control of the kid. She honestly didn't know what to do. So she called me over for help. This time I didn't hold the laughter in. I just had to laugh at the whole situation...Including how "Bear" handled it all.
***Okay so I could go on and on with lots of "Bear" stories, but I just have to share one more. A few weeks ago at a Faculty Luncheon, "Bear" smashed her fingers into a chair. It was so bad that she had to have surgery on it. Well it was quite a dramatic ordeal and because so, she decided that she didn't really need to do progress reports on her students. Leagally that's not compliant at all and the auditors that come rip you apart for little things like this... but it was "TOO MUCH WORK. THEY SHOULDN'T EXPECT ME TO DO IT" was her words. "IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR ANYWAY." How are the auditors going to know she smashed her fingers down the road? I'm not quite sure.
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