The troubled waters have calmed

Today went much smoother than yesterday. The kids were still bouncing of the walls, but not as much so that's good. And Emerson, my little eraser friend from yesterday, was much better. I told him at the beginning of the day that if he was on task and good for me then I would give him his eraser back later. It was great, everytime I looked at him he would straighten up and do his work. It's amazing what a little bribing will do. I don't care what all my BYU teachers said, rewards work. And there was one point where Jonathan got up to present his math strategy to the class and Mr. Von told him to call on somebody else to finish the problem. A lot of kids were shouting out at him (the usual with this class) so he said "I'm looking for someone who is quiet and has their hand raised" We both got a kick out of that because Laura and I are throwing that line out all flippin day long to try to get the kids to raise their hands and not shout out. So that's my bit for the day. I need to go study for a little thing called the Praxis...it's a test I have to take to teach, you know, no big deal.