Working with Kiddos again

I started this new job yesterday. (Is it considered “new” if it’s in the same place but different department?) I’m the summer advanced digital photography teacher for the children’s college, which, in my mind, is similar to a form of “dignified daycare.” I’ve worked with kids before but it has definitely been a while.

The class is fairly small with about thirteen students from the ages of nine to twelve. While teaching, I noticed the typical stereotypes of the students.

#1  The talker. This would be a girl named Kaia, who adds personal anecdotes each moment  I speak.

#2 The apathetic. I’d say it would be Brandon, the boy who is there because his “mom was trying to be cool like her friend and enrolled her kids in discovery college, like the other moms, to fit in.”

#3 The hyper-intense child. His name is Chris. Luckily my other assistant sparked an interest in him when he brought up the subject of online games.

#4 The know it all.  Ashish-the boy that thinks he’s king because he has a Nikon coolpix. Give me a break, kid! You are not Ashton Kutcher!

#5 The chatter boxes. That would be the rest of the class.

After brief  introductions, I stated that I “[was] going to be teaching  digital photography, not the old chemical process” when I was rudely interrupted by one of my assistant’s retort that,” old photography would just be boring.” It took every bit of patience to calm myself down and refrain from punching him in the teeth!

The class is definitely interesting. The way I see it is “no blood, no problem!”

A good day, I’d say.

-Ari

P.S. I’ll post pictures later.