The Teacher Journey...

Quotable day for ten year olds.

1) morning reading groups: 
NC: "ms Curtis you're really pretty (new teacher with a sweet half shaved head hair do) ... Oh and ms calhoun, well, I mean all of the girls are pretty. Even you. Some people say that makes me a lesbian but my mom just says that's kindness."

2) musical rehearsal: 
Me: "so on this dance move, boys you don't have to get as dramatic"
JD: "oh I love it!"
AD: "me too! Dare to be uncool, right ms calhoun" (one of our theatre phrases)

... After quotable moment two I can pretty much say my job here on earth is done. Everything else is extra.

Also, so proud of the strong unity between the five fifth grade women teachers from five different ethnicities who had the universal "girl talk" with 60 11 year olds today. Of course I ended up answering the Q and A question "why do periods happen" - when I really wanted to answer the "who was the other rapper with Queen Latifah in the ladies first video you just showed us?" with: Jessica Li, Okah Patel, , Menya Cole