Day #2 of My Internship

Hi, Everybody!

So, I just completed Day #2 of my internship at Carter Elementary, and I had a blast!

As I mentioned in yesterday evening’s blog post, Mrs. Martin gave her kindergarteners a homework assignment—write at least two paragraphs about their summer vacation. And as y’all may recall, I volunteered to be in on this assignment, so I wrote at least a good two pages… front and back, mind you.

When the opening bell rang, we had our morning prayer, followed by our greetings and salutations. When the little kiddies sad down, Mrs. Martin jumped right into the homework assignment. The rules were simple: Mrs. Martin would call a student’s name, and they would come up to the front of the class and read their summer vacation paper. Maybe I’m being just a little too impartial, but all thirty-five children did a great job. Some of the kiddies talked about how they went camping, while others talked about going to a baseball game, and some others talked about how they spent a week with their grandparents.

Now, I realized that I said that I was impartial, but now I’m gonna intentionally contradict myself: While all thirty-five papers were great, there was one presentation that I really liked—it came from a little fella named Mark. He was only five years old, but he already learned the importance of visual aids. He talked about how he spent his summer vacation in Hawaii with his family, and brought along some pictures from his trip. The little fella also talked about how his dad wanted to take “the perfect picture of the perfect sunrise and the perfect sunset, and he got ‘em both!”

I could feel the little fella’s excitement when he talked about how happy he was for his dad to achieve that which he accomplished… matter of fact, I personally gave Mark three silver stars for such a great presentation.

Afterwards, Mrs. Martin mentioned that there was one more individual left—yes, she was referring to me! Much like I did when I was in her class some fifteen years ago, I grinned at Mrs. Martin and walked up to the classroom, where I shared with the little ones how I celebrated my family reunion over the summer… and yes, I did discuss how my family won the grand prize at my Gramma Jewel’s church.

Some of the little kiddies were in awe of my “fantastical remembering powers,” as they so called it, to which I assured them that when they get older, they too would be able to recite a speech without having to depend too much on their notes.

Now, check this out, y’all: Mrs. Martin’s assignment for tomorrow is yet another real gooden—the little kiddies have to bring an item in class for Show & Tell. Y’all already know that I’m gonna participate in this assignment, and so is Mrs. Martin… matter of fact, Mrs. Martin mentioned that she already know what she’s gonna bring!

Well, I’ll holla at y’all later—I gotta find something to bring for Show & Tell tomorrow.

 

 

Smooches,

Natasha