The Point. Of You. April 12, 2008
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Setting: Friday afternoon. My classroom.
Mini Walter: *Teacha, you know what?
Me: What?
Mini Walter: You know what the point of you is?
Me: Hmm… to make sure that you know how to read?
Mini Walter: No. To be holding my ice cream so I can get my coat on for recess.
Though I like to think that there is more of a point (or just more points?) to my life than to be an ice cream holder so a small child with poor motor skills can do up his coat, his statement charmed me – and has made me proud of the excellent way I hold his ice cream every-freaking-day.
What is the point of you?
(*And seriously, that’s how he says ‘teacher’. Teacha. He’s so damn cute he makes those Anne Geddes pictures look ugly.)
*Annnnd because I just got an angry email from someone who claimed that I a) shouldn’t talk about students because it’s unprofessional and b) shouldn’t call his speech problems cute- I will state that (shockingly) Mini- Walter is NOT the childs real name and he only says ‘teacha’ right now because his front teeth are growing in. Sheesh.
The point of me right now is to channel anger for the greater good. I went up to someone yesterday who had been pestering my sister and told him to leave her alone (although I may have used one or two swear words in the process that I won’t repeat here).
That is too cute!
I was informed the other day that the point of me was to be the boss. When I asked of what, I was informed “of everything” Ahhh, if only the whole world operated on three year old logic!
lol, that’s cute, the way he says teachaa, only because he’s not my child.
Take Care, Ice cream holder. lol
How adorable! Its cute that he said teacha now…too bad in 10 years girls are going to ignore him because he never learned how to say it right.
Very cute … the point of me is to see how far they can push me before I blow a gasket. Love those kids.
Holding a child’s ice cream is very noble indeed.
Even though I haven’t been told in as many words, the point of me in the recent past has been:
a) To carefully guard “treajure” of 4 leaves, 3 stones, 2 pieces of plastic and 1 paper cup so a 3yr old can ride her bike in peace
b) Tissue provider for running noses
c) To come up with
imaginarybirthday parties with a rocketship theme so a 4yr old will agree to be my friendAu contraire to the e-mailer. Talking about students is probably the most professional thing you can do if you have the right audience. This audience is per … well, let’s not delude ourselves.
Even if it’s unprofessional to do it, it’s still fun to read. So there.
really cute he is.
what up with the random email? people need to lay the eff off.
That is really cute:-) Kids can say really touching things by accident sometimes.
As for the e-mailer, well…that is when you know you are a good blogger, when you get nasty emails in response!
frankly i think when kids talk like that it’s ADORABLE. and the point of me must be to recreate hideous looking powerpoints cuz no one else wants to!
It seems people will complain about anything (referring to that email you received)
Mini Walter sounds adorable. I think I’d feel sad if he dropped his ice cream. Thanks for holding it!
Some kids are so cute. I love ‘em all sometimes. But then other times they’re so loud and rambunctious that I just want to put them all in time-out!
That is flippin’ adorable!
Ignore all baseless, illogical emails!
Random emailer is a bitter, bitter person.
I should get my sister to read you. I’m pretty sure she would be pleased to know what is awaiting her. See, she basically wants your sort of job. As for me, though it is funny, it lands off target.
I for one, love that you talk about your students.
I love when people, old and young, admit the little things you do for them are the way they categorize you. Say for instance, the point of Boyfriend is to be the provider of the lettuce for my pollo azteca when we hit up the mexican restaurant.
hmmm. what is the point of ME??
i’m going to think about this and take it as a homework assignment cause you seem like the best “teacha” ever.
cute! the point of me is to make sure my puppy stays alive.
that’s all i can handle right now. him & a houseplant.
I’m kind of sad I don’t get mad emails about my blog posts. Maybe my life is too boring?
Cute story though.
Also: is it too obvious that I got behind in my google reader during the move?
Kids are so cute when they say things like that! All I can say is that at least there is a point to you – working in an office, my existance is all but pointless!
I’m sorry you’re still getting stupid email bitchery like that. I mean really, if they don’t like the blog or what you blog about, don’t read the blog and what you blog about. Its not that difficult!
Adorable.
And appropriate, since I am so pointful (e.g., full of points!).
Though the point of me today was just to drop my deliciously just buttered muffin onto the floor… buttered side down. But only after it smeared all over my jeans on the way down.
I guess my point is to remind everyone to work on their hand-eye coordination.
The point of me is to prove (to myself?) that body image problems can be overcome.
email = lame.
i talk about my students all the time. with less aplomb and amazingness than you, also. nobody emails me. whatever. i’ll try not to be bitter.
i have NO idea what my point is right now, unless it’s to make these last couple of weeks of class for MY students worth the time and stress by injecting some comedy in with the brilliance. or maybe to just, you know, make it worse by doing that.
who knows?
The point of me, according to my customers, is to answer any and all of their questions with a smile on my face. The real point of me? To quote a four-year old on a greeting card, “to get through the day without kicking or biting anyone.”
It’s not like you’re knocking on your students or calling them names or anything. As long as you’re not using their real names, you’re covered.
The point of me…hmmm…to teach the world to read
painfully adorable…i have been a rather frequent reader of your blog but have never commented (does that make me a lurker? if so i will vigorously work on my commenting skills) and when i saw that you left a comment on mine, i was pleasantly shocked that you even stumbled upon my little bloggie.
thank you much!
the point of me? What a profound question.
Heh, the more I read about this kid, the more I like him.
Plus, we’re having a mini-heat-wave here, it’s 90 freakin degrees in my house, and reading this, now I really, really, really want ice cream…
Oh, and the point of me? Of late it seems to be to sit in the exceptionally noisy server room and keep my mouth shut about it…
You already know that I think your kids are great. Really, I’m just a big kid fan all around.
And sheesh… what’s up with the hate e-mails as of late?
I dunno my point right now. So far, I think it’s just turning in papers at 11:45pm the night they’re due.
That. Is a cute story. Period. And totally NOT unprofessional.
The point of me? Excellent question. I’ll get back to you with that one.
my mom’s a teacher as well and i love hearing cute stories like this…balances out all the not-so-cute ones.
as for all the ‘unprofessional’ garbage…bah. people are so freaking sensitive these days….probably the same ones who want us to say winter wonderland tree instead of Christmas tree and such. grinches.
Awwww I want a mini-Walter of my own! I want to hold his ice cream while he puts on his coat! I love reading about this little guy.
That is sooo cool you have students that are fond of you like that. Especially ones that are comfortable enough to make jokes with you.
And being unprofessional?
Please. *eyeroll*
I freaking LOVE Mini-Walter…and I request more stories
Oh man, I know your pain! I was a teacher last year. It’s…amusing. And gives great inspirations for stories.
That’s so adorable!
And that’s a hilarious that someone sent you an angry email about such a cute, touching story that contains literally zero identifying information about the kiddo. I have seen some seriously unprofessional shit with teachers posting information about their kids, but this is not it.
Glad we found each other on 20 Something Bloggers!