Dad on Duty #111
When you’re a full-size person, working in a building full of fun-size people, you are often acutely aware of the difference in sizes. So are they. I’m holding an outside door open to let the kindergarteners go out to play. …
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Dad on Duty #110 – Where Did These Babies Come From?
For this little guy, it’s his first day of Pre-K. He’s scared, and starts crying when Mom is ready to leave him. When you’re frightened and missing your mommy in an unfamiliar place full of kids you’ve never met……who do …
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Dad on Duty #108 – We Have a Code Brown
So as I walk in this morning, Valerie greets me with “oh man good thing you’re here today”. That’s never good. The other secretary is out today and we have the usual chaos for a Friday, so Valerie’s gonna be …
Dad on Duty #107
The look of a teacher, on a bus during a field trip, who has counted her kids and come up….one….short. It’s quite a look. You really should see it. But just….once. ****** We are on our first field trip …
Dad on Duty #106
My new school has a lot more guys as teachers and aids than my prior assignment. It’s good to see. And these are not little guys either; most of them are pretty impressive presences in the hallway or classroom. And …
Dad on Duty #105
Well, that was a beat down. I’ve been doing this school gig for….well, this is the beginning of the 7th year. So I think it’s fair to say “a while”. I’ve had a handful of days that were …
Dad on Duty #104
I’m dropping our girls off at the middle school this morning, and as usual, Shelly (the nurse) is out front to greet kids. I love that she does that. We know her pretty well; she goes to our church, and …
Dad on Duty #103
I’ve got to remember that this will take a while. It will take a while to establish the relationships and the level of trust to which I became so accustomed. I don’t have that here, yet. These folks are still …
Dad on Duty #102
So, here’s a fun fact. Turns out there’s a huge difference between pre-K and kindergarten. Especially when you add a language barrier. Huge. I had no idea. Until today. I’ve spent six years working with first-day kindergarteners, so I felt …
Dad on Duty#101
The Last Day. The day I have dreaded for so very long. Here it is. ****** We already decided not to try to do our last Bobby Day on this same day. It would be too much. It’s one thing …