#memorablemomentsineducation #10:
Yesterday was a little dim and long, so here’s a light and short memory!
When I began teaching at CCHS, I’d never taught many freshmen before. I was used to teaching older students, so rooms full of 14-year-olds was something new to behold!
One day early in the school year, I had a student announce to everyone, “My gum just fell out of my mouth!” while he sat staring at a chewed-up wad in the palm of his hand.
Not ten minutes later, another young lady walked up to me, palm open, to share what had come from her mouth too! “Miss, I just lost a tooth! What should I do with it?” I stood for a bewildered moment, wondering how in the world I was staring at a bloody tooth, and then asked, “You still have baby teeth?!” With no response, I advised she put it under her pillow that night and see if the Tooth Fairy still comes to high schoolers. I still don’t know whether she got any money for that tooth, but her brother tells me she does remember the story!
Teachers know every grade level/age group has its own personality. This constitutes my understanding of freshmen.