Say what you will about astrology, but you’ve probably had moments that made you think there might just be some truth in the teachings. Maybe you’ve met someone born in August who was born for the stage, or an April baby who loves the good fight, or someone born in December who thrives on solving problems. Something about star charts just makes sense sometimes. So, imagine if your elementary school seating assignment grouped you by zodiac sign: Water, fire, air, and earth. One teacher tried it out, and the results were… interesting.
@schoolprouserock remember last year when I gave my hottest teacher take and people lost their minds??? 🤭🤪🫠 this year, my first grade class is almost HALF fire signs 🔥 what should I expect??? 👇🏻 #teacher #teachertips #teacherlife #iteach #teachersoftiktok
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Kathryn Prouse was starting as a third-grade teacher in Connecticut and wasn’t sure how to arrange her students. She hadn’t met them yet and didn’t know each of their personalities, but she was determined to give them the best possible start to the year. She told TODAY.com that “When you’re a new teacher, you’re just so nervous and you’re just overthinking everything. A friend suggested she group her kids by their Zodiac signs, so she gave it a shot. She sat her kids based on whether they were water, fire, earth, or air signs, and what happened next, according to Prouse, was “so on the nose that no one’s going to believe me.”
Earth signs tend to be responsible, reliable, hard-working, and detail-oriented, and Prouse’s table full of these kiddos was always empty. “They were always finished with their work and helping other people,” she said.
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She placed the water table next to the calm corner because Prouse said they cried all the time. Her fire students fought constantly, but when threatened with separation, they begged to stay together, and she made the mistake of putting her group of air signs at the back of the classroom and had to get them to refocus constantly.
Prouse jokingly observed that, when the kids were grouped according to their signs, “it was almost like they were too powerful.” And she learned from that first year. Moving forward, she included a kid from each sign at every table, and it turns out they balance each other out and work off each other’s strengths.
Needless to say, when she posted about her seating charts, she got comments that ran the gamut from “that’s brilliant” to “what were you thinking?” These days, while Prouse still starts each year with Zodiac-approved seating assignments, they’re usually temporary until she gets to know her students.
“I don’t live by it, but when I’m thinking about what’s going to get us through the craziness of September, I lean on this a little bit,” she told TODAY.com.
Personally, I wouldn’t want to sit with all fire signs either, but a healthy mix definitely piques my interest.
