"There go Mrs. Scott."

After school I went to Subway to grab a bite to eat before the game.  Apparently a lot of my kids had the same idea.  I could see them inside laughing and cutting up but it was after school so I was going to completely ignore them.  I walk in, minding my own business, ignoring the kids when I hear, "There go Mrs. Scott.  Time to go!" and they all left.  They already know that I don't have time for their foolishness so they corrected their behavior.  Gotta love it!

My 5th period class is obviously used to running whatever teacher/class they have because they come in Room 300 trying to run the show.  I don't know why they feel like they have that right but they try me anyway.  Every time they try me, I strip away a little bit of their pride and they act right.  However, every now and then they forget how to act.  Last week they forgot.  They were loud in the cafeteria, loud walking to lunch, loud walking from lunch, hitting each other, taking their time getting back from lunch, being loud in class, etc.  I just sat back and allowed the foolishness to take place.  Today, I pounced.  Today they had to walk to lunch in a single file line with their "flags" up.  If the line got crooked we stopped and lined back up and tried again.  Once we made it to lunch, I sat at the lunch table with them as they sat in their assigned seats.  When it was time for us to leave, they had to line up on the wall, in front of their peers, with their flags up.  We then proceeded to walk back to class in a single file line.  They were extremely embarrassed and apologized profusely for their behavior.  They will be on punishment for the rest of the week.  I told them if you act like middle schoolers then I'm going to treat you as such.  I don't know why they mess with me...

Fun quotes from Room 300:
"Mrs. Scott, it smells like dried spit in your room!"

Kid 1: "Be careful with my scarf. It was $40!"
Kid 2: "You paid $40 for that?"
Kid 1: "Girl yeah! That's real polyester!"

Me: "Y'all ,they're just gonna go ahead and cancel the rest of the NBA season since they can't come up with an agreement."
Kid: "OMG, Mrs. Scott, I got a problem!"
Me: "What?"
Kid: "How am I supposed to marry a basketball player if there isn't an NBA season?"
Me: *blank stare*

Me: "You're Vietnamese, right?
Kid: "Yes ma'am."
Kid 2: "You're Vietnamese?! I thought you were Asian!"
Me: *palm to forehead*

Since it's the end of the nine weeks and some of my kids' grades are less than perfect, I allowed them to retake 2 test that they failed, with their notes.  I gave them the same test AND I gave them their original test to get the correct answers from.  Why did one of my precious babies make the same grade as he did the 1st go round AND miss 12 different questions?  I mean, how does that happen?  You deserve that C you made. Yup, sure do.

Only 3.6 days left before Christmas break! Woot!