Post #9

Blog 9

Surprisingly, I really enjoyed the after-school work I did with my mom and her colleagues.  I enjoyed it almost as much as I enjoyed working there during the day.  After school, I stayed with my mom to do some things with her that she normally would do after school.  First, we straightened up the room by putting away books, drawing materials, and some other misplaced things.  Since the desks aren’t regularly cleaned off, I decided to do that for the kids to try to eliminate some germs from the room!  I cannot imagine how many germs must inhabit that place.  Anyway, after that, I helped my mom rearrange the room into rows instead of groups of desks.  She planned out where to put them while I did the manually labor.  Since the teachers don’t like rearranging the rooms and they especially don’t like doing it themselves, I did it for two other teachers, too.  That took a good long while.  I moved the desks in Mrs. Skinner’s room, across from my mom’s room, and Mrs. Roach, who is next door to my mom’s room. 

It has felt nice to give back to them.  They have been so gracious to me through the years since I was one of their students wreaking havoc on the elementary school!  After doing all that, we all relaxed and graded papers while watching American Idol together.  J  After a long, good day of working, we enjoyed some good Subway subs.  I’d say it was a successful day.