TGIF!

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Finally Friday! Today was similar to any other day. The students that usually disrupt class did so again, forgetting their homework and constantly getting up to sharpen their pencils. The only difference today was at the end of class we watched a movie on Martin Luther King Jr. We have Monday off to celebrate the holiday which I am highly looking forward too. Shockingly the students did not seem to interested in the movie at all. I thought because of their background and obstacles they have had to overcome they would relate better to the story of racism and discrimination than myself but I found this was not the case. Many of the students in the class are Hispanic and didn’t find MLK’s fight very important. One child said “Why does it matter to us”. Some students were giggling during the movie or completely ignoring it. The lack of respect was shocking. Today I took away three tubes of play dough that students were playing with. I don’t like to always lecture the students but they need to know what appropriate behavior is. On Tuesday I will begin teaching the daily math and reading problems and I am so excited. Tuesday is also another extremely important day in the United States history. Barack Obama will be sworn into office as the first black president. It’s ironic that this is occurring the day after MLK day. One special adjustment KW is making is altering the lunch and recess time for the day so that all the children and teachers are able to watch live on television this moment in history. One odd fact I discovered today is that popcorn is sold on Fridays as a fundraiser for the school and it smelled delicious. I’ve been craving it all day. How it works is that students can bring money in on Friday in order to buy popcorn. The money raised is used to pay for field trips that classes take during the year. I’ll have to remember this for next week.