I went back to SAIL today kind of expecting the worst. Last week had been pretty crazy and the kids off the wall. In the first class today the kids were "red hot" (that means good). They are finishing up their inventions to go on display and they really buckled down and got to work. The teacher was also much less sarcastic and the student teacher did a lot of the talking. It was also not as hot in the room so I didn't feel like I was going to pass out the entire time.
The second group was not as smooth. The kids were much rowdier and we had a hard time keeping them on task. There were some emotional meltdowns but it was all dealt with fairly well. These kids did have some interesting inventions but not a good grasp of structural integrity. A lot of the pieces were falling apart and we did some emergency surgery via super glue.
Like I said before, this is just a normal art class. It has a lot of energy and the teacher has a sense of humor, but it is not exactly what I would envision for my own room. I hope to have fresh air and/or windows, less yelling, and I will very much try not to sharpen my verbal claws on my kids.
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