Sunday, September 26, 2010

Personal Childhood Web

This is dedicated to the people who have helped make me who I am today.
First and Formost my mother -Estelle. She taught me that being a girl did not mean letting others do for you all the time. My mother taught me how to change a tire and mow the grass. I learned if you want something done then do it yourself. She has always showed me the way.
Second my father- Kevin. My father showed me what a real man is. Anywhere my father went my siblings and I went. I don't care if it was to a football game, fishing, or hunting. He taught me that parents are suppose to raise their children and take care of them.
Third my aunt-Malinda. She is like a second mother to me. When my parents had to work she watched me with her children. She is the one who taught me how to drive and important life lessons.
Fourth My sister- Ashley. As a child my sister and I did not really get along well, but no matter how much we argued she was still my sister. I remember when it would storm and she would come get in my bed because she was scared. I knew what being a big sister was all about from times like those.
Fifth my cousin- Felicia. She is someone that I could confide in when I didn't know what to do. She was like the big sister I never had. She took care of and help me figure those akward teenage days expecially with the things I didn't want to talk to my parents about.
All of these people are still in my life. It makes me happy to know that people cared about me enough to spend time with me. The love that my family showed me makes me feel so special because I see so many children today not getting that same love. If it weren't for my family I would't be who I am today.


Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Wild Day!

I need get my frustration out so ill use this blog. I am tried and have had a long day. I have so many feelings inside of me I can't do anything because I don't know what will come out. I stayed up late typing my discussion for class because once something gets in my head I have to get it out. I then woke late and forgot my child's juice cup, my lunch, and M&M's for a math assignment at home. Leaving the house late already I had to make it to the grocery store to buy more M&M's before heading off to school. After school I had a parent teacher conference and didn't leave school until 4:15. I had to pick up my son and take him to soccer practice. Got to soccer practice 10 minutes late because I was not paying attention to the time. After leaving soccer practice I finally made it home. At 7:30 I received a call that no one had done my second job of delivering packages. I then had to rush out and deliver all the packages on my route and made it home at 9:30. I am losing my mind. Sometimes I want to quit it all but then how will I get to where I want to be. Maybe I need a vacation or something.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Book I Love

A book that I love to read is called The Perfect Nest. I love this book because it reminds me of what we have to do sometimes in our community. In the book a cat builds a nest to attract a chicken. He wants the chicken to lay an egg so he can make an omelet. He gets a chicken, a duck, and a goose to all lay eggs. He plan back fires when they all will not leave the nest and are sitting on the eggs. He eventually tells them that the next farm has a even better nest and why don't they go use that one. The problem is when they all leave the eggs hatch and all the babies think he is their father. The cat is left to watch three children (none are his). I love this book because it shows that you can unconditional love for a child even if you were not the one that brought them into this world. This reminds me so much of a woman that I know who has 8 kids. All of them are not hers. Her sister died and she took the responsibility for her sisters children with already having 3 of her own. This book has so many different things you can take out of it like mothers abandoning their children for something better in the next farm over. My son only loves that the animals all have different accents and he loves anything about animals.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

My blog title.

I named my blog don't make me use my teacher voice for a number of reasons. The first is that it is hard to turn off being a teacher. When I am at a store and see children miss behaving, I have to stop myself from correcting them. I also have a bad habit of correcting people when they are talking. My husband teases me about this all the time. He will self correct himself and apologize to me laughing because he knows it bugs me. I know that no matter what I do I am always a teacher and it will show in everything I do, So Don't make me use my teacher voice!

Touched My Heart

When I was doing student teaching in a pre-kindergarten class, I met a little girl named Ja'Diamond. It was one of the first days of school. We went to the cafeteria to eat breakfast. She asked one of the teachers to feed her. The teacher told her that she was in school now and she had to feed herself. The teacher asked her "Didn't your mother teach you how to eat at the table at home?". Ja'Diamond replied "We don't have a table."
This taught me to never assume anything when it comes to children. What I was brought up learning and taught is sometimes the furthest thing from what the child that I work with know. I have to open my mind to new experiences and except whatever challenge come my way.

Quote I Love

Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it. ~Harold Hulbert

I have understood this quote to be so true. Expecially when there are children in my class that act out and get on my last nerve. Children act out because they don't know any other way to express themselves.The ones that are crying for attention have something in them that needs to be heard and sometimes I am the only one listening.