The First

As you can see, I have been away from my computer at home and have not updated because I've been literally living in my classroom this past week. Everything is FINALLY ready-- names are on the tables and cubbies, all labels are placed strategically in the correct places, and the many different types of folders have been put together, as well as the other 100 little tasks that I have been busy doing have been finished. I'm really surprised at how OCD I have become, but I hear that it's necessary to be a kindergarten teacher.

Tomorrow at 4:00 I will get to meet the 17 adorable kids that I have been waiting to meet for so long....as well as their parents. I'm praying that they will be the wonderful parents that every teacher dreams of. I've already been emailing one of them back and forth all week about school supplies, she really cares about her child! That's so awesome and encouraging to see.

Tomorrow will be the night when I stop "pretending" to be a teacher. I'm not an intern, I'm not a temporary student teacher, I'm each one of those kids' FIRST teacher, and they already mean the world to me even though we haven't met.