We are finally moving back to the farm next weekend! I've been living with Brady's parents ever since starting school in August besides the weekends. It was an interesting and blessed experience. I have a much better appreciation for farm life and the in-laws. Who else can say that they had to live with their in-laws for almost four months? It's given me some insight on what a farm wife needs to be like. It also gave me a chance to show Brady's parents how much their son means to me. They learned A LOT about my life as a teacher, which is something that is hard for many people to understand. I'm hoping that little detour will help us in the future.
Our house in Vermillion is so close to being complete. The unfinished basement now has everything it needs like doors, paint, shower, vanity, carpet, flooring, etc. Brady needs to finish some minor details like installing the vanity downstairs, transition pieces upstairs and the baseboard trim downstairs. We're hoping to list the house the beginning of next week. I'm so excited to finally live with my husband full time. Now we're moving into a house about a quarter of a mile away from his parents' farm.
Two weeks ago, I had a very difficult couple of days at school. One of my students said some very inappropriate comments toward me, which I had to handle in a very calm manner and deal with them. My reading class was being very difficult one day that I couldn't handle it and had to get some other teachers to help. The next day I was so stressed out that I got sick at school and had to take the rest of the day off. Here's a scenario from the next day: My reading class tends to come in after lunch very rowdy. I started them out in the hall in a single line and reviewed what they should do when they came into the classroom-sit down quietly and start "tracking" with their finger. I let them go in. As soon as one student talked (which only took about five seconds), I told them to start back out in the hall. This took the kids SEVEN TRIES. SEVEN! It also wasted about twenty minutes of our ninety minute class. My kids that listen well got very upset at the loud students. One even said, "Mrs. Folck, this isn't fair to the kids that are listening! Why can't you just keep those other kids after school?" I calmly told them that this lesson was about being responsible as a class community. The best part came next. One student turned to another and said, "CAN YOU PLEASE SHUT UP SO WE CAN FINISH THE LESSON?! I DON'T WANT TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL!" The loud student looked at the first with a sneer. He shrugged his shoulders. Eventually, the class calmed down. Many of them were upset that they had to finish their independent work/check out during recess and after school. This past week was so much better BECAUSE of the previous week. We even got our lessons done early every day. Maybe I'll get this fourth grade class to be more responsible......one day at a time.
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