H is for Hope

As it is, I am in autistic classrooms almost everyday now.  Randomly, at different schools, substitute teaching that is.  I appreciate the honesty and forthcoming-ness of my surroundings.  At the middle school today, my first day in this particular classroom- the teacher assistant offered to one of the students, "And you better think about that- Ms. S (presumably meaning myself) is going to unload a pile of work on you after lunch."  His reply, "Yeah, right.  With a face like that, she’s not giving extra work."  Mental note to self:  Hold jaw upward and wipe the permagrin after entering, suprisingly enough, another new classroom furnished with cubicle-like desks and a three-sided carpeted wall area, refrigerator design, labeled "Take a break."
Another reason I enjoy this aspect of my new work is the clarity of communication.  I find I’m stopping myself in public, at home, with friends- when something gets old or decidedly unneccessary, not ‘of the essence’. - Motioning with my arms crossing- saying, "Finished."  Not loud, but calm-assertive, like Cesar Milan suggests.  ‘Bouncy Ball is finished.’  ‘Discussion of unclean house is finished.’  ‘Talking to mom about two german shepard pups that need home is finished.’
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