"I didn't know they had their own language!"

Today during 6th period we were watching a documentary entitled "The Last Days."  In this documentary, Steven Spielburg follows 5 survivors as they go back to their homes for the 1st time since they were expelled from their homes.  They tell about their experiences before, during, and after the holocaust.  Also in this documentary Spielburg interviews 3 American soldiers who help liberate the camp and a Nazi doctor who performed experiments on the Jews.  While interviewing the Nazi doctor, who's speaking German, one of my bright little crayons had an epiphany.  "I didn't know they had their own language!"  The rest of the class just looked at her like "seriously?"  To this she replied, "I just had a dumb moment, huh?"  Uh yeah, you did.

Last week I was talking to my students about how I support all the different organizations at the school by going to games/events, buying t-shirts, or whatever else to support.  One of my kids asked if I was going to support his organization.  I asked what organization.  "PNO"  Me: "PNO?"  Kid: "Yeah, PNO: Poor Nigga Organization."  Me: *blank stare*

I need to brag on my homeroom.  Today the secretary was out so I checked in the kids on behavior plans.  The bell rang while I was still checking them in.  I could still see my kids because I was right across the hall.  Anyway, my assistant, as I call her, came over to ask where my attendance was.  She checked roll then passed out the worksheets for them to work on.  When I got to the room they were working semi quietly without me having to tell them what to do.  I love my kids!  They know what to do even if I'm not in the room.  How many teachers can say that? 

Vocabulary word: corridor
Kid: "I thought corridor was that stuff that pants are made out of?"
Me: "No, that's corduroy."

I stole this from someone on Facebook:  I think this is a great idea!

Are you sick of highly paid teachers?
     Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit!
We can get that for less than minimum wage.

     That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours).

     Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day.
However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET'S SEE....
That's $585 X 180= $105,300 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).

     What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here! There sure is!
The average teacher's salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30
students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) WHAT A DEAL!!!!

This is for all you people who say we're just glorified babysitters.  Pay us like babysitters then!  Thank you and good night!