my first day as a sub

i am not a teacher

i could hardly teach admiral to sit

i am a social worker

i have done group therapy

i have done individual therapy

but 

i have not taught 

in a classroom setting

with that said

jobs are scarce at aviano

so 

you take what you can get

i got substitute teacher

my first class

was a wonderful third grade class

my day started off 

somewhat normal

pledge of allegiance

students asking questions about me

where i was from, if i had kids, the usual stuff

then

9:05

lockdown drill

9:35

evacuation drill

talk about breaking me in!

there was only about an hour before lunch

after the drills

the students did great

then lunch/recess

oh boy....

and 

my student breaks their arm

no joke.

so now 

i am the substitute 

that has a kid 

break their arm at recess

great...

back to the classroom we go.

kids will be kids

one kid goes to nurse's office

they all want to go

one kid goes to the bathroom

they all want to go

but

i stood my ground

i put a trash can in the back of the room

and 

told them to use it!

i am just kidding folks!

i used "class bathroom breaks" 

and 

triaged each "medical emergency" appropriately

we wrote a paper 

on dogs

and i became a member 

of the elite

'doggie club'

it was for cool dog lovers only

not those cat people.

one student

who stole my heart, she was so mature

told me i was the nicest sub she's ever had

another

told me if i had kids 

they would be the coolest kids to play with

definitely a compliment in my book

by the end of the day

i had 20 breathing bodies

which is what we started with

and 

i was still breathing

plus 

i had two pictures to add to my collection!

the third graders stole my heart

now lets hope the rest of the year goes as smooth