Beulah's Brains_A McClain Story by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
Published: 2019-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

When Jack got home from work that afternoon, he found Beulah at the dining room table, meticulously writing something in a notebook. “What’s so fascinating?” he asked, leaning down to kiss the top of her head.

“I’m trying to find the best lesson plans for the students. Do you realize that less than half of them can read? Some of them can’t even count to ten.” She shook her head. “I’m in over my head, and today was the first day of school!” She hadn’t realized quite how overwhelmed she felt until he was standing there in front of her.

He sat down and took her hand in his. “Is it really that bad?”

“Only if I want the children to be where they need to be.” She rubbed the back of her neck, feeling a tear pop into her eye. “Never have I been so tired after the first day of school. I just wanted to crawl under my desk and hide from all of them today.”

“And you didn’t? I think that could have been a fun game. ‘Find the teacher!’ I can just see the parents’ faces when they found out what you played with their precious darlings.”

She smiled at that. “It could have been fun. I could have made them read words as they approached me. And they would have had to take a step back if they got them wrong.”

“Yes! You should try that tomorrow.”

She laughed softly. “I’m not so sure about that. Mrs. Wendt already thinks I’m a terrible teacher because I told her that her precious Josiah doesn’t know how to count to ten. When she called him over to prove that he can, he missed three numbers, and then she was angry with me for not telling him he did well instead of correcting him. How am I supposed to teach if I’m not allowed to tell the children when they’re doing something incorrectly?”

“Don’t worry about Mrs. Wendt. She couldn’t spell cat if you spotted her the c and the a. And Josiah is her only child, and she believes he can do no wrong and is perfect in every way. He was caught stealing something from the mercantile, and she yelled at the shop owner for putting the candy where he could reach it. Nothing could ever be Josiah’s fault.”

Beulah shook her head. “Well at least now I know what I’m up against.”

“And what are you up against?” Jack asked, a half-grin on his face.

“Utter idiocy where Mrs. Wendt is concerned, obviously.” Beulah looked down at the notes she’d written. “I have another hour or two worth of work to do, but it can wait until after supper. I know Mrs. Buchanan has it ready if you’re hungry.”

He nodded. “I really am. Are you going to spend all evening every night working on schoolwork?”

“I hope not. Part of the reason I’m getting up so early is so that I can get as much done as possible. Hopefully it will be enough.” She hid a yawn behind her hand.

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