Let me tell you, folks. I get why no one wanted this job. I make $14/hour for 7.5 hours per day. Then, in order to ensure the upcoming week isn't pure hell, I do at least 4 hours of prep work FOR FREE at home. In general, the kids are pretty fun. So there is that silver lining.
But most of my 5th grade classes are a nightmare. After this week I'll be done with Digital Citizenship lessons for the month, so I think things will get better. They want to be on the computers, not listening to lectures on cyberbullying. However, this is the most important thing I will ever teach them, so I must soldier on. I went off script with the worst class on Friday and told them cyberbullying has led to suicide and none of them were to ever be the reason someone hated their life (the actual lesson is more sanitized). They looked at me with shock, said no way, and asked how I knew that. So I told them about a case that happened on the East Coast a while ago. I could also have told them about the child that attempted suicide 2 years ago after being cyberbullied at the middle school only a stone's throw from where they sat. But I didn't.
