It's Friday at 5:16pm and I'm sitting on the screen porch drinking a Dos Equis Amber in a frosted glass. You'd think I'd be a happy camper but it appears that disappointing things happen on Friday. First it was Gee and today it is IvyL. Just like that they are both gone. Two people who truly had a positive impact on our young scholars have left the building.
I've decide that I'm going to negotiate with The Big B prior to the next school year. First I'm going to ask for a wage increase. Chances of getting one are like slim to none so I have a plan B. I want an intern. If PhD? Sparty can have an intern I want one. And I just don't want any old intern I want one from say an Ivy League school like Cornell University. I know that sounds kind of snooty but I believe it would greatly enhance my view from the back of the room if I had an intern. Now I here snickering and hushed talk that a lowly teacher's aid don't get interns. I also heard someone whispering that only highly trained and organized professionals like a teacher can get an intern. Well first of all I'm not a teacher's aid I'm an instructional assistant. And second of all just because I don't have some high brow teaching license don't me I can't teach.
Ok, I guess I'll have to prove I'm worthy of an intern from Cornell University which by the way is the home of some girl named Big Red who fills the roll of university mascot. First of all rumor has it that dating etiquette classes are not at the forefront at Ivy League schools. When as an example a coed is in a room full of classmates you don't just shout out "I wish some guy would buy me dinner". You have to be a little more tactful. I can help my intern honed those dating technique skills. Second I am aware that vocational skills classes like home economics are also lacking at the Ivy League schools. For example if you put food in a microwave, heat it up and it is still cold you don't have to eat it. All you have to do is put the food back in the microwave and heat it up for a few more seconds. So there is my proof that I have the skills that are necessary to have an intern from an Ivy League school. I can't wait for August to get here.
I'm about to break my rule regarding anonymity for a second time. Hopefully no one will mind. On Thursday April 24, 2014 at approximately 3:00pm Danielle completed her last group session with our scholars. Ms. Danielle as the scholars call her is working towards a degree in Clinical Social Work. Sometime in the next couple weeks she will complete all her degree requirements and graduate. For the past several months she was in our school working as an intern with PhD? Sparty. It was fun for me to watch the scholars adjust to her being in the room. At first there was little interest in her but that changed as the school year went by and cookies and brownies entered the picture. At the end when she entered the room the scholars greeted her. Some with just a hi and others with a hug. For me let me say this. It was a joy to get to know her and work with her. Our quiet conversations at the back of the room were fun and greatly appreciated especially on the days that I struggled in the classroom.
I'm going to make a personnel comment to Danielle as I know she is reading my blog. Hopefully the rest of you won't mind. I've have every intention of bugging The Big B about your future at our school. So on or about August 4, 2014 when you once again step across the threshold of room 106 be prepared to hear well if it isn't Miss IvyL.
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