My Top 10 Pet Peeves of working in an elementary school
1. Repeating myself - sometimes I explain something 3 or 4 times and still someone always manages to not understand and do their own thing
2. Runny noses - gross
3. Children swinging on chairs - it's an accident waiting to happen (right mom?)
4. Those damn French pens that explode all the time
5. Stupid spelling mistakes after we've gone over the word 10 times (ie. January 23th (the date is always on the board!) or I have too sisters)
6. It's an all woman staff (that speaks for itself)
7. Indoor recess (that also speaks for itself)
8. Report cards every few weeks
9. Marking papers/assignment/tests all the friggin' time
10. Having to be on my feet 90% of the day (plus our school is 5 floors so we have lots of stairs)
There are definitely more just 10 but I don't want to keep on bitching so I'll stop there. On the plus side, I am currently eating Doritos and drinking Coca-cola...how North American! eh?!
2. Runny noses - gross
3. Children swinging on chairs - it's an accident waiting to happen (right mom?)
4. Those damn French pens that explode all the time
5. Stupid spelling mistakes after we've gone over the word 10 times (ie. January 23th (the date is always on the board!) or I have too sisters)
6. It's an all woman staff (that speaks for itself)
7. Indoor recess (that also speaks for itself)
8. Report cards every few weeks
9. Marking papers/assignment/tests all the friggin' time
10. Having to be on my feet 90% of the day (plus our school is 5 floors so we have lots of stairs)
There are definitely more just 10 but I don't want to keep on bitching so I'll stop there. On the plus side, I am currently eating Doritos and drinking Coca-cola...how North American! eh?!
4 Comments:
At 9:19 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
hey maika....
my top 10 peeves of being an e.a. in an elementary school in sarnia:
1.repeating myself almost as many times as there are students cause why should they listen to the teacher's instructions? ("what did she say?")
2.kids picking their runny noses. ("it's just itchy!")
3.children swinging on their chairs (yes it IS an accident waiting to happen) or the older ones tilting their desks. ("what? what's wrong? i'm not doing nothing!")
4.kids snapping their rulers into pieces, taking pens apart, breaking their pencils,throwing pieces of their erasers at other kids, using compasses to destroy their binders,etc. ("i can't find the sheet. i don't have a binder. oh, can i borrow your ruler?" "i can't find my pencil.")
5.at least in france kids can be allowed to make mistakes in spelling. what's our excuse in grade 6 in canada? ("how do you spell rush? does it take an o or a u?")
6.listening to all the women teachers in the staff room. ("why does she do that? i know it's unprofessional, but...")
7.indoor recess, especially a day where it rains the whole day. ("is it still raining?")
8.listening to teachers bitch about report cards. the whole mood in the school goes lower as report card time comes around. ("i can't get the @#@* program to work!!!")
9.marking papers and seeing how much the kids don't care/study/pay attention to the teacher, then showing her the results. ("i'm not surprised")
10.i don't have to stay on my feet all day this year, so i'll say it's the backtalk. ("i don't want to." "do i have to?" "why?" "how come?")
daug butuku
mom
p.s. i hope the doritos and coke were good!!
At 9:38 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
hey maika...
my top 10 pet peeves of doing nothing and living at home in sarnia:
1. repeats. TV shows that repeat themselves over and over, i mean why cant a network realize that people during the day want to see new shows too
2. full blatters. constantly being bothered by the calling of nature and having to get up from my perfectly formed couch to get up and take a leak
3. lying in leather sofas. Trying to take a nice nap in a leather couch isnt always the nicest, especially in the summer time. Leather and body sweat are a lethal combination
4. exploding chip bags and/or pop cans. carbonation or compressed air definately has its down sides
5. making mistakes in sudokus. using a damn pen to finish those sudokus that mom leaves around, and giving up after youve realized a damn 3 cant fit in that spot. not to mention its the EASY version and i bet an ape could do it faster than i can
6. the only one home all day is dad. Do i really have to elaborate. The constant 10am struggle to see who can make it downstairs first to snag the big couch.
7. going outdoors. im pretty sure im inside for more than 96% of the day. with exception of heading to work or leaving work. or going to the bar/coming home, etc.
8. reporting to parents. mom comes home and asks 'what did you do today' or 'did you go to the gym' my reply is usually 'nothing' or pointing to the bag of BBQ chips on the table -- did i go to the gym... honeslty!
9. looking through flyers. is it really that big of a deal (in my eyes) if kraft dinner is on sale at no frills for 64 cents this week?
10. Blood rushes to the head when i stand up. As mentioned before, 96% of my day is spent inside and mostly lying down, with the exception of showering, standing up to microwave something or going to work. So, needless to say, ive mastered the slow stand up to avoid collapsing from excessive amounts of blood rushing to the head.
I guess some of us have it harder that others. Hope France is still kicking ass!
Tali
At 11:17 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
My top 10 peeves of having to be in university...
1.Roomates. I can never be alone...EVER.
2.Sharing a bathroom with three girls. There's always hair in the drain, clothes lying around,etc.
3.No money. I litteraly have none.
4.Having to walk outside to get to the cafeteria. It's always either snowing or raining.
5.Classes. They always interupt me playing guitar hero.
6.Constant partying. If it's not me it's the fourteen people standing in front of my door at five o'clock in the morning
7.No food. I eat once a day because I don't have enough meals for more.
8.Eating the same turkey and cheese sandwhiches, apples and chocolate milk everyday.
9.Listening to Sabina's music everyday because she doesn't have headphones.
10.Not being able to watch t.v. whenever I want to because the same guy is always in there!
At 7:22 p.m.,
Unknown said…
IM going to try and see if i have pet peeves (like thats hard!)
1. The way the kids pronounce an 'H' when there isnt one, but dont know how to pronounce it when there is one. eg. I have a room of my hown....
2. The french admin.. referring to my blog post
3. Getting cut off by the teacher who sits at the back of the room, when she decides to put her two cents in.
4. My picking a student at the exact same time the other teacher picks one and having 2 students speak at once.
5. Je comprends rien... need i say more?
6. repeating myself.. no matter how slow i talk i always get it asked!
7.The women staff as well
8. The canteen and how no one brings their lunch in France.. i mean what ever happened to being able to eat in the caf without having to buy lunch
9. How when the bell rings, this kids automatically stop what they are doing and dont let you finish
10. Me having to say hi and good morning like 100000000000000000 times in the hallway!
wow i am proud i did it!Ill probably have 10 more tomorrow!
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