teaching little kids swimming is very fulfilling
in the GOD DAMN IT I WISH I COULD SQUISH THEM kind of way
they spit in your face whenever they can and run around the pool emiting scream-shreeks
they refuse to swim when you tell them to
and whenever you get the nerve to grab them and tickle them
you have to look nervously behind your back to see if the parents saw
if they just happenned to be too busy gossipping then you're in luck
however if they just happenned to see tickle scream incident, then you will have to face the tight smiles and disapproving stares
the only thing you can do about that is clumsly pat the migets head and beam back at the parent

in class A there is a mix of students
some are just learning to frog-swim
others are already practicing the hard butterfly
if you ask me, they look more like earthworms
not caterpillers, earthworms
they have not yet aquired the graceful inching of a caterpiller
they look more like earthworms when you throw them in water
wiggling for dear life with arms waving helplessly in the air
as for the frog-swimmers
they are a potentialy dangerous group
be careful while you walk through them
skinny frog legs kick all that are unassuming

i just happen to be a TA for class A
being a TA is a wonderful experience
the students never listen to you because you are not a teacher
they pick on you and find ways to make you look bad in front of the TEACHER
what ever happened to innocence?