K-5 Reflection

Now I don’t remember much from my primary to intermediate school years that well, but I have a couple memories but they’re nothing exciting or fancy. In fourth grade I had Mrs. Jenks who was a new teacher but ended up getting laid off due to the recession. In her class I distinctly remember her bringing in her new born baby girl twice to watch a movie with the class or when we had our picnic days. I also remember when she decided to play a joke on the class by saying we have a surprise test, and Jarrett Miner immediately got up ran to the window, opened it and was about to jump out when Mrs. Jenks screamed at him “what are you doing?” Let me tell you that it was a second story class room. However, that was even the best part; the best part was Jarrett’s response. He stated with determination “I was going to jump out the window, because I didn’t want to take the test!” Since then Mrs. Jenks never joked with the class about pop quizzes or tests ever again. Now that I look back I realize Mrs. Jenks might of took as him trying to suicide, but really he meant to just escape and run home. My primary school experience was mostly a blur, but I remember a story my kindergarten teacher told me about her nephew. He died to a lightning strike, because he was in a clear valley and was under the one tree in the valley which was strike by lighting. Ever since that story I was always afraid to be in a clear field during a storm.