Things I LOVE about teaching

I wanted to post about summer and how much I absolutely LOVE it but since this is my "teaching blog" I think I should share some of the things I LOVE about my job before I go crazy about summer!

I am a teacher.
*yes, I am underpaid
*yes, I spend countless (unpaid) hours at school both early and late to make sure I have great stuff for my kiddos
*yes, I am exhausted August-June (with the first and last being the most exhausting)
*yes, I have spent thousands of my own $$ on things for other people's children
*yes, I get a paycheck during the summer but only because I have chosen to have the county take money from my paycheck during the year so I can get my EARNED money over the summer
*and yes, I HATE having to hear about how easy my job is - you know, "those who can, do, those who can't teach..."  UGH!!!!!

Despite all that, I really do love what I get to do each day.

They tried to catch leprechauns with traps but
things didn't work out how they planned!

I love getting to do things like this ------>

I love parents who come in to read and make my life a little easier and a lot better! (and who hack my phone and take crazy pictures while I have the kids at the bathroom!!)

This was a writing activity for the
book Aliens Love Underpants

And I love getting stories with aliens wearing thongs!














Seriously, especially at the beginning of the school year.  I love the smell of the building, the new books, the pencils, the crayons...okay, not so much the crayons!!  I love getting to help out my kiddos and I love their faces when they are so proud because they finally "got it" or their little faces when they get to be our special "Guest Reader"

Is this post making me miss school?!    Yes.