This is for all the people that have gone through their schooling thinking teachers are awful and just need a drink or something. Well kids...they probably do need one and chances are they have them readily awaiting them on the weekends. Seriously, photo to the left is our night currently (I'm participating in my "positive reinforcement" break by writing this...and eating my snowman chicken nuggets and pizza rolls). But really, teachers do more work than any we've done in our college career. For all you teaching majors out there...we are definitely sorry to say that all the bull they put you through at school is only like 35% worth it BUT welcome to society, gotta do what you gotta do. Nothing ever really prepares you for the real world except experience and that's just that. So our daily schedule from 8-3 with kids is a blast and then the whole going in at 7, leaving at 5, taking work home and popping in at least once a weekend is the part we have been adjusting to. Elementary age kids are SUPER needy and we mean SUPERRRR needy. For example, I made copies and folded little books that the kids take home for practice reading, thinking I had everything in line I started the small group work with the books. Come to find out, the books apparently needed to be STAPLED because they were "broken". FORRRREAL?! Yeah...it comes down to nitty gritty details that you can't pull out in an all nighter. So between our planning sessions and executing the plans we are right up there with all the other teachers in needing a drink or two...which take us to the "teachers are fun" part.
This past weekend there was a wine festival in Freinsheim, about 45 minutes from our house via train. I can't exactly remember how many wineries there were but I can tell you there were more teachers there than I have seen during a school day! Seriously, teachers love their wine (and gluhwein for the winter). There was food at every vendor from meat on a stick (you bet that was purchased) to shrimp and potato cakes. Spending an afternoon walking through vineyards on the side of a mountain in the middle of January was pretty surreal. So next time you say comments about teachers playing around all day just remember they probably deserve it. Try running on enough coffee and diet coke to get you through 7 hours with 7 year olds...
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