Kindergarten at Monroe Elementary
The teacher seemed flustered. I couldn't understand why. I was the one who should be flustered. Afterall-she asked the class to put their name at the top of the page she was handing out. How do you 'put' your name anywhere. I knew how to put clothes away, dishes away, food away (in my tummy), but my name? That was point one. Point two was I had no clue how to write my name-which after I looked all sad and hurt she finally decided to come figure out what was wrong. I told her I didn't know how to 'put' my name on my paper. "What?! You don't know how to write your own name?" -Write? She expected me to write? How? I had no clue. Then she came down to my level with the kindness that you would expect a teacher who wanted to help kids learn stuff would do. She carefully taught me how to write my first name-fortunately it is a short name! I can now 'put' my name at the top of the page! In first grade we made witches for Halloween. They were made w...