When Change Turns Out to Be GOOD- Shelly Webb

          Anyone who truly knows me, knows that I do not like change. In fact, I despise it. “Shelly does not adapt well to change,” is actually written in an old letter my mom had years ago, from the school psychologist. My oldest daughter has been married five years, and I still call her Katilyn Webb, which always draws an eye roll from my son-in-law. I just prefer things stay the same.

         So when I learned last year that my third grade team would be getting a new teacher added to the mix, I must confess, I panicked. I was disgruntled and worried. I kept thinking of all the scenarios that could unfold. “We already have the perfect team,” I thought, “why are we changing things, this is ridiculous.”

Then to top it off I learned the new teacher was young, early 20s, and beautiful. Really? What is a team of fifty-year-olds going to do with a twenty-four-year old, super-model teacher teammate? Change was coming and I was none too pleased!

So…….it’s been 16 days with the super-model and….. we LOVE her! She is amazing. During our first official meeting she made it clear that she was going to be 100% IN. She offered to help everyone in any way she could. She was so accommodating about schedules, pullouts, spelling lists, cursive writing and a million other things. And since her mom has been a teacher forever, she understands and relates to every scenario, issue, or little problem that might arise in the exact best way.

She is hard-working, professional, smart, fun and genuine. She gets my sarcasm and my sense of humor; and has her own sarcasm and sense of humor, which makes it even better. Our team has always been about relationships and she has the “relationship” gene, for sure. She is always willing to go above and beyond, in any situation.

Also she is just plain fun and happy. She loves Batman, has seen every Western ever recorded (I think), has seen Dirty Dancing, Top Gun and knew who Danny and Sandy were from Grease! Her quick wit and joke playing pranks has made me actually say, “My gosh did I raise you”?

Long story short, there’s a team of 50 plus year olds at Warsaw Elementary that are loving their new 20 something super model teammate! Oh, and another perk…she dates a highway patrolman, which could come in handy with a future speeding ticket or two J