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Wooly Bully
One of the interesting things about being a teacher is that you are constantly being evaluated. Mentor teachers, principals, and district employees pop in and out of your classroom without warning. However, the ones that evaluate you the most are your students (funny because their opinions mean the least). Students are always judging and criticizing anything and everything about yourself. The funniest part is that the students are brutally honest. They'll say pretty much anything to you. And they do. "You're fat" "Your hair looks bad today." "You wore that shirt last week." etc...
In the past two days, this has become overly apparent to me. Twice yesterday, I was told by a student that I was ugly. All I could do was laugh. I think it's really funny that the students think I give a damn about what they think about me. But they consistently offer their opinions to me. Now one reason I didn't get onto them is because I am partially to blame for their comments.
We just got back from our two week holiday break. In December, I was overly stressed out and counting the days until our vacation. The day we got out I promised myself that I wouldn't do anything all break. With the exception of my 4 day trip to Louisiana, I basically did nothing - this includes shaving. I felt like not shaving to see how much of a beard I could grow in two weeks. I've never done the beard thing although I did have a goatee for a while. Towards the end of week two, one of my roommates said that she was actually liking the beard. Her comment and a few of the comments from my other friends helped me decide to keep the beard.
So showing up to school on my Monday with a full beard was a huge shock to the teachers and to my students. Here is a list of the things that have been said to me:
Lumberjack
Miner
Bum
Mafia
Hagrid (Harry Potter reference)
Evan Almighty
Jesus
Osama Bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Grizzly Adams
Santa Claus
Those are just a few of the ones that I can remember. Today, a student ran out of the classroom and made a HUGE scene about it. I even had a student growl at me (I'm taking it as a complement).
I need to trim it up and everything. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the beard or not. It's really itchy and I'm not really getting use to it yet.
In the past two days, this has become overly apparent to me. Twice yesterday, I was told by a student that I was ugly. All I could do was laugh. I think it's really funny that the students think I give a damn about what they think about me. But they consistently offer their opinions to me. Now one reason I didn't get onto them is because I am partially to blame for their comments.
We just got back from our two week holiday break. In December, I was overly stressed out and counting the days until our vacation. The day we got out I promised myself that I wouldn't do anything all break. With the exception of my 4 day trip to Louisiana, I basically did nothing - this includes shaving. I felt like not shaving to see how much of a beard I could grow in two weeks. I've never done the beard thing although I did have a goatee for a while. Towards the end of week two, one of my roommates said that she was actually liking the beard. Her comment and a few of the comments from my other friends helped me decide to keep the beard.
So showing up to school on my Monday with a full beard was a huge shock to the teachers and to my students. Here is a list of the things that have been said to me:
Lumberjack
Miner
Bum
Mafia
Hagrid (Harry Potter reference)
Evan Almighty
Jesus
Osama Bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Grizzly Adams
Santa Claus
Those are just a few of the ones that I can remember. Today, a student ran out of the classroom and made a HUGE scene about it. I even had a student growl at me (I'm taking it as a complement).
I need to trim it up and everything. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the beard or not. It's really itchy and I'm not really getting use to it yet.