My Trip To Taft

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My first day going to Taft was very exciting for me. I really didn’t know what to expect because it was my first time ever really doing anything like this. I kept thinking if these kids would even like me, would they make fun of me my thoughts were just running endlessly. We finally got to the school when I got there I didn’t really think that much of it. We got to the doors and when I walked into the school it was like a million memories just hit me at once. I just remembered all the memories from attending Taft for my middle school years. After signing in at the office and getting that visitors pass I felt like I was a substitute teacher I felt like I was important which was kind of cool. I then walked into down
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So to be honest I wasn’t really looking forward to play school to starting. The first day of play school for me was really exciting and awesome to be honest. When I walked into the classroom I noticed that the whole room was rearranged and that there three and four year olds running around everywhere and the room was just filled with total chaos. I put my stuff on top of the cubbie and soon began to realize why it was called play school It was non stop playing with little kids for an entire hour or even just a half hour on somedays. I soon noticed that most of the kids began to like me and would tend to play with me. I would always try to make sure that the kids were always behaving and that they were following the rules. It always seemed like the boys liked to play with me more than the girls would, the girls really never really interacted with me in the play school. The boys would always either throw balls at me or punch or attack me and of course I would go along with it and play with them. I would pretty much do that everyday for the next month or two and for much I don 't really like dealing with kids or children I 'll have to admit that I actually started enjoying being with the children and interacting with them because it was

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