I am way more into superheros than I was 7 years ago when I started working preschool. I could blame it on certain friends (cough - Jake and Brad). I could blame it on having to settle disputes between the 4 yr old boys about the difference between superman and spiderman. But also, I have developed a very healthy respect (and yes, a little jealousy) for their abilities. So for your amusement (hopefully)- here are 7 reasons (one for each year) that I think teachers should be given the opportunity to be bitten by a radioactive spider (dropped in a vat of toxic waste- whatever)7. Precognition When I first started teaching, my boss told me one of the key skills I would need to learn ASAP was to tell before things started to go down hill that they were going to go down hill. I remember thinking that being psychic had not been covered in college, and that she was crazy to think this was possible. It turns out she wasn't crazy. But I still wouldn't say no to spidey senses.
6. Super hearing I think it would be incredibly handy to be able to tell, from the far side of the playground, which of your 10-15 kiddos is crying, and what kind of cry it is. I know moms have a sort of super sensitive radar for this with their own kids. But for those of us who aren't moms.... educated guesses are the best we've got without super hearing.
5. Super speed- I will give you just one of the many for instances of this. Kid tries to flip over half way down the slide. You shout for them to stop, but even as you start towards the slide, you know its too late. There is a lot of crying and boo-boos (or spilled cups, or wet pants, or scraped knees) that could all have been prevented by one little burst of super speed.
4. Wall Climbing. Can't reach the toy the really tall teacher stashed on the closet? Solved! kid got too high on the climber and is stuck in an awkward hard to reach place? No problem. And in Febuary when the kids are climbing the walls because they've been stuck inside for 6 straight weeks, this way you could join them.
3. Telekinesis. the ability to move the Bible lesson off your desk and across the room to circle time without interrupting the Jesus ABC song to go get it. Need I say more?
2. Super Strength. Curriculum books are HEAVY to lug back and forth. Teacher bags are HEAVY. Wagons full of kids are HEAVY. Super strength would = awesome
1. Telepathy. Oh to be able to hear what's going on in their little minds some times. To be able to tell why they're sad, angry, laughing histerically. What song they're trying to describe when they keep saying "THAT one!!!"
God has not chosen to send any radioactive spiders my way. As usual, God prefers to use the ordinary. By relying (really heavily) on Him- my very ordinary self can show off His extraordinary super powers . Thouh I admit I don't have scripture to back up the wall climbing one. :)
"We have this treasure in jars of clay, that the surpassing greatness of power may be of God and not of ourselves." 2 Corinthians 4:7
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