first student sighting
for me, living in colton and teaching in colton meant that i had a 7 minute commute, which i love.
however, it also means that i live in the same neighborhoods as my students, and i was wondering how long it would take before i would run into students near my house. i also knew that the neighbor kids of mine that sit in their garage and say hi to me every time i come home… i figured they must be high school students.
well, yesterday when i came home early, trying to hide out in my house away from all the ash and smoke, i saw my student “junior” standing with those students in their garage. in the garage next to mine! and i got out of my car, looked at him shocked, and he was like, ‘what!” as if it was normal for us to see each other there. so i just said hi and pointed to my house… and he was like, yeah, i know.
ok…
it’s weird to be seen when you’re not wearing the ‘teacher hat’. i remember one time when i was subbing in grand terrace, i went to the supermarket over the summer in shorts and a tank top. one of the students from the junior high remembered me and said “hi miss puen!” in the aisles and pointed me out to her mom. i immediately wanted to change into slacks and a button down shirt!! i dunno why… i just don’t like looking un-professional. it wasn’t that way at grove, but i think that was more casual anyways since they called me “math kim”.
in the traditional school though, it seems somehow wrong to be a “normal” person.
i wonder how many students have seen me in the local supermarket and just haven’t said hi yet....
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