Last week I had the most prestigious honor of carving the class pumpkin for Abby's Kindergarten class.
While I carefully carved the pumpkin to the specifications of the children they took turns making up names for their new Halloween mascot. Potential names included Franken Monster, Spider, Scary Spider, and Ghost Pumpkin, just to name a few.
After Mrs. Wells wrote all of the potential names on the board the class voted for their favorites.
After a close and nail biting primary election it was Pumpkin Jack, submitted by Abby Miller, who came out as the victor in the general election.
Imagine that, at the ripe old age of five, Abby has already won her first election, and it didn't hurt her at all that she is a known Democrat in Davis County.
I want to thank Abby's classmates and her teacher Mrs. Wells for allowing me the wonderful opportunity to participate as this year's official class pumpkin carver.
Happy Halloween!
8 comments:
Again,
Look how small this class is - I still fail to see the big deal over class sizes.
UEA is just blowing smoke.
It actually a overflow class because the other two were filled over capacity.
again, 30 kids in a class isn't a big deal.
Really?
30 kindergarten age kids isn't a big deal?
Talk about getting lost in a crowd.
My wife who has her degree in early childhood development, and who taught at the Waterford School for 14 years, and who is most definitely a conservative disagrees.
hey anonymous,
Have you volunteered at any elementary school lately?
If not, then you have no idea what you're talking about. Once you have volunteered, then you can argue class size.
I've been in public schools and in my opinion it is that big of a deal. To be honest with the exception of computers I don't see a lot of change, which is good in this day of introducing such foolish notions as “diversity” and “sex ed” to the curriculum.
I went thru large public schools with 30+ kids in a class and still made it thru to college and grad school and am today a university professor.
Larger classes instill a competitive environment among students which is needed to mee the demands of the future.
I'm not talking about the student side, but every student reacts differently to big classrooms. So, congratulations to you for surviving big classrooms. As a parent with two boys, one in 5th grade and one in 8th grade, we are lucky to have some great teachers and volunteers. However, not every school is lucky. Even my son's 5th grade teacher is stressed out because she has 32 kids in her classroom. You're still missing the point. Go to the nearest elementary school near you and donate a couple of hours in helping one of the teachers. Then, you can argue classroom size. Also, ask the teachers how they feel. Anon, I have done both and teacher morale is at all time low. Suck in your pride and go help a teacher.
32 kids is not a big deal...compare that to a lecture course of 200.
Teaching is stressful...it's part of the game.
Don't teachers make their views known thru UEA?
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