Time off from School

One of the most non-productive weeks of school happens to be the days just prior to Christmas.  And all teachers know that a snow storm will bring excitement levels to an all-time high.  Couple those two events together and you have ..... this past week of school.  Although we were busy, we didn't learn anything new.  We did learn how to make Christmas wrapping out of sheets of fingerpaint paper.  It is just the right size for covering a printed book of Christmas poems written by third graders.  We did learn how to sing all the Christmas carols on the few CDs I had, which had the exact same 8 songs.  We did learn that the volume button on the old classroom TV does not go up high enough to overtake the noise of the students.  The Polar Express movie is not the favorite of third graders.  I learned that students are more immune to that one swear word on The Night They Saved Christmas because no one even snickered when they heard it.  I learned that the fun of playing games is not the most important to children; it is more important to win or ruin the fun of the games. That is difficult to understand. The students might not be learning lots of new school objectives, but we are all learning new things about viewing life these days.