elementary school

I want to go back to first grade.
With storytime. You would all sit around a rug, crossing your legs. There would have been secret treaties to arrange who was sitting next to who. The teacher reading aloud, changing their voice for each of the characters. And no quiz afterward to test your listening comprehension.

Yesterday marked my first day of observing in a grade school classroom. As someone who has wanted to be an elementary teacher for nearly all of my life, I was quite excited. While I was talking to the teacher I was assigned to, she informed me that her group of students this year were not the best behaved group of kids she has ever had.

Teachers or Baby Sitters?

How important is the profession of elementary education? How difficult is it? Could you do it? How much do teachers deserve to get paid?