{"id":4935,"date":"2020-04-29T08:15:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insideout.abbotsfordchristian.com\/?p=4935"},"modified":"2025-02-22T00:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:17:15","slug":"things-teachers-will-never-have-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/2020\/04\/29\/things-teachers-will-never-have-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"THINGS TEACHERS WILL NEVER HAVE TO SAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY MELISSA DRIESSEN, ACS PARENT<\/h3>\n

Our mornings start out like a beautiful masterpiece.<\/p>\n

No, really, it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

We start by singing and dancing to God\u2019s praises and then dive right into His word with a hint of art. It is fun, calm, collected; everyone gets along and it is the perfect way to start our day with Connected Learning.<\/p>\n

I immediately think, \u201cYes, today is the day where my four children are going to get along and learning from home will be a breeze.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

As we slowly make a switch into the schoolwork we need to accomplish, it begins!<\/p>\n

That beautiful masterpiece slowly turns into a whirlwind of mayhem where I, myself, cannot believe the things that I am saying and I know for a fact that their regular teachers will never ever, ever, have to say these things.<\/p>\n

This part of our day is what I like to call, \u201cThe things teachers will never have to say<\/strong>\u201d and it goes something like this:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cNo, I cannot wipe your bum right now; I am teaching a math lesson<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cSnack time is not two seconds into the first lesson.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cStop writing all over your sister\u2019s paper.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cHow did silent reading turn into a game of tag?<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cPlease put your underwear on.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cExcuse me, where are you going?\u201d<\/em> Child: \u201cOutside to play<\/em>.\u201d \u201cUm, no…we are in the middle of a writing assignment which we just started exactly one minute ago<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cI\u00a0said Raz kids, not You tube.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cI know you told me 10 times your teacher doesn\u2019t do it that way, but guess what? Teacher Mom does.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cWhy are you standing on the table? You cannot write in your journal standing on the table. Please sit down.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cAhh, please do not come into my bathroom with the iPad when you are on zoom with your class<\/strong>. Everyone can see.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    By the end of our school day, that beautiful masterpiece morning has been long forgotten. The idea school day I imagined did not go how I planned. We got the bare minimum of work done.<\/p>\n

    And I, myself, am just hoping and praying that all those words do not come out of my mouth again tomorrow.<\/p>\n

    Teachers, we miss you, we love you, and consider yourself blessed that none of your students are asking you to help wipe their bums in the middle of your math lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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