Teaching Troubles

"Write 'sat' while I'm gone."

"But we don't know how!"

They sound worried. Too bad. They should know how to write way more than that by now anyway.


5 minutes later when I get back - "have you finished writing yet?" They show me what they've done.

"But that's not what I told you to write!"

They've copied off "the", "and", "at" & "to" from a piece of paper.

"But we don't know what you told us to write!"


Argh. I did tell them what to write didn't I? I'm sure I made it clear.


"Write Sat!"

Leah: "zat!"

Not wanting to give away how it's spelt, I repeat carefully: "sssssat"

Leah: "zzzzat"

Whatever.

After a bit I look over to see if she's done. She has, and correctly too! Curious to see how she pronounces it, "So what does it say?"

Leah: "z-a-t"

Me: "s-a-t"

Leah: "z-a-t"

Me, "no, S-a-t"

Leah: "That's what I said!

*sigh* Must. have. patience. It's going to be a long morning.


I was right.
Tears over maths. How hard can 3+4 be?! You can even count it on your fingers!
I'm not cut out to be a teacher. How are the poor kids I hope to have one day going to cope being homeschooled? I have no idea.




-Rachel