I love my job. My students are hilarious! There is never a dull moment in my classroom because they are pretty funny! They even listen most of the time! HA!!
Today is Ash Wednesday. Our Lenten Journey has begun. We spent quite a bit of time discussing Lent today and I encouraged the students to make small sacrifices throughout these next 40 days. I shared with them how they shouldn't look at it in a negative way. I gave them plenty of examples of things they could "do without"...and then gave them the chance to share with the class. I feel that this holds them accountable and gives me a chance to encourage them.
Some were giving up sweets and snacking (which is what I am going to do), while others decided not to watch television! I am impressed with this one. WOW! I don't know if I could do it. Some were going to quit playing the computer. Overall I was very impressed with their "sacrifices".
Well... this afternoon we were having a Baby Shower for a student and his family, when one of my students came up to me and said..."I can have the cookies because they aren't really sweets. AND my sacrifices don't start until tonight!" HAHAHAHA!!! I don't think she quite understood the concept.
Another student said he was going to quit getting confused with another student. I didn't understand him, and he said "I'm going to stop people from calling me Mason, when my name is Gunnar." AGAIN, not really a sacrifice. HA!
Then while giving out ashes at Mass...I missed a first graders forehead and got her nose! A huge pile of ashes fell from my thumb...It was one of the hardest things NOT to laugh!
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