By crazy_bananas - 22/08/2016 15:53 - United States

Today, not even 10 minutes into my job as a student teacher, I've had one student wipe boogers on me, another pee their pants, and a third won't stop crying for his mother. This is my first day. FML
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You deserved it 1 841

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crazy_bananas 31

Hi OP here! I'm going to explain a few things since 300 characters isn't enough to get the whole story down. I really appreciate all the nice comments, and I loved how many of you wanted it to be high school or early college students! But first to all the people who say I deserve it and I should have expected this because I'm going into a teaching profession, **** off. I'm talking to you #30, 36, 39, 40, and 42 and anyone else who comments on this at a later time. Just because I'm going to be a teacher doesn't mean I deserve it. I also never said I didn't expect it, I knew what I was getting into when I decided I wanted to be a teacher and learn in a a younger age group setting. Okay! Now to other things! To answer the most comment question, no these aren't high school kids, these were 5 and 6 year olds. This was a kindergarten level class and it was the first day of the year, so I knew that there were going to be tears and some icky things were going to happen. I fortunately brought an extra pair of pants with me I changed into them so I wouldn't have boogers on me all day. The kid who peed their pants was sent to the nurses office so their mommy could come bring them new pants and underwear. And the kid who was crying for his mommy cried so hard that he threw up a little bit so he got to be nurse buddies with the kid who peed their pants. His mom brought him back to class and luckily he had calmed down enough and didn't cry when she left again. He was just going through a little separation anxiety but once he saw that the day was going to end at 12, and he would get to play games and be told stories he was super chill and ended up loving being in class. The worst thing about this whole situation was that the teacher was outside with all the parents when it all went down, so I had to deal with the debacle by myself. Admittedly though, this was a great learning experience that I'll be sure to learn from when I have to run a classroom by myself. However, I will not be teaching little kids at this young an age, I'm aiming for 7 and 8 year olds or high school student. Hopefully, with high school kids I won't run into a similar situation!

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dougschoonmaker 20

You can do this. All kids have their sets of problems and once you get emotionally connected with these kids, they'll love you whenever you walk into class screaming your name with excitement and joy. Stay content at this moment because the future is what holds the truth

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RosaMaravillosa 10

I'm sorry, but 'DUH' is the word that comes to mind.

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worldclassrager 39

The first day can be the worst...but give it time it will get better..maybe the best day will be tomorrow...

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pedrorocks 7

when the kids are that young it's called babysitting

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chinaski7628 32

Okay, then let's pay teachers a babysitter's rate. $8 an hour, per student, per hour. So, if OP has a class of 25 students, that's $200 for one hour of "babysitting". The school day lasts approximately 6 hours, so OP should make roughly $1,200 a day. That's not even taking into account "babysitters" with an M. Ed or additional qualifications.

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crazy_bananas 31

When you're as ugly inside and out as you it's called being a dick.

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MissMarySunshine 16

That is my work life too. Just gotta go with the flow. remind the kid that is crying that his mom is at work and he/she will see her later (you may have to do this a lot) the boogers and pee will happen.. just part of the job. I wish you lots of luck.

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blackrose1996 11

Working the wrong grade level if you weren't prepared for that

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theonecasey 27

what did you expect, unless you're at a high school

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acombs 8

I work as a pre-k teacher and it doesn't get easier... at least for my grade level. There's always boogers, hard drop offs, and accidents. Although some days are better than others.

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claudiajean 24

I'm not sure what you expected if you're teaching young kids. If it's older kids then damn.

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matt72 4

It only took me 5 minutes to stop crying for my mom after she dropped me off for my first day of college.

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jasoncann 10

You sound like you need to make a different career choice based on your attitude alone. I would never want you teaching my kids.

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missa8604 26

Teachers have hard days even when we love our students and love teaching. I'm sure you talk about your job and it's not all roses and positivity. She was understandably overwhelmed. Don't be a jerk.

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jasoncann 10

It's her condescending responses that are the reason for my statement.

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crazy_bananas 31

Who says that I'm not an amazing teacher? Just because I'm condensending to you doesn't mean I am to kids, with kids I treat them like they are all my little best friends and they are all my favorite student. This isn't my first rodeo and every time I've been around children in a classroom setting they have loved me because I genuinely care about them and want them to succeed and love the class and school. However on this particular day when it was my first day teaching a class by MYSELF, without an experienced teacher, it was an FML moment. Having boogers wiped on you isn't fun, seeing a little kid pee their pants and having to see them so embarrassed and try to hide them from the other kids is hard, and hearing a small child cry and sob so heart brokenly for his mommy is the saddest thing I have ever heard, it breaks my heart.

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