Did y'all miss me? I missed blogging! I'm trying to figure out exactly what it was that I was so busy doing to where I couldn't blog regularly and I came up empty. Dah well...
If you're a teacher then you know that your kids can be the biggest, fattest, smelliest turds in the history of America. They will get on your nerves, make you want to cuss and punch things, and possibly take up drinking and smoking. You'll want to call them mean things and slap their mommas and daddies for raising such awful children. Then all of a sudden, they'll do something so sweet it'll bring tears to your eyes and you forget that they just glued their fingers together and busted an ink pen in their mouth. My 4th period class did just that. My granny has been going through chemo for her breast cancer. She had to have surgery to remove the lump and I was slightly worried about the whole situation. Well a few of the girls in 4th period made sweet cards and sent them to her. I almost cried reading them because they were so sweet. They always ask about my granny. It's funny how your kids take on your cares sometimes and adopt your family as their own. Granny loved her cards by the way!
Recently, I saw a former student of mine at Kroger. He was one of those kids that I had to pray long and hard before he came into my room everyday. He was a dirty, sneaky kid that wanted so bad to be a good kid but that bad kid just kept screwing him over. He was eventually kicked out of school for his behavior and I never heard from or saw him again. Anyway, I saw him at Kroger and I didn't recognize him. He called my name and I had to look twice. When I recognized him, I stopped and chatted with him.
Me: "So what are you doing with yourself these days?"
Kid: "I'm working down in Magee."
Me: "Oh yeah, I remember your sister telling me that. You know I teach Susie*"
Kid: "Yes ma'am. She said you were a bitch."
Me: *blank stare*
Kid: "I told her that you were like that when I was in your class and you probably weren't gonna change."
Me: "At least I'm consistent."
Kid: "Yup, well I'm gonna go. It was good seeing you."
Me: "Likewise."
Uuuuhh.... How was I supposed to respond to that?! I just laughed it off. When I got back to school I told his sister what he told me. The look on her face was priceless. LOL. I haven't had any problems out of her since then. LOL! She's scared... And she should be.
My repeater class has been working on state test stuff. While they're working they like to sing or rap for some odd reason. They're usually pretty quiet when they do this but not on this particular day. I wish I could have recorded the foolishness. I felt like I was at the American Idol try outs minus the good acts. It was awful. The only thing I could do was laugh. Now whenever I hear any of those songs on the radio I laugh. I can't even enjoy them anymore.
A student in my 4th period was telling the class about her grandpa being on life support when one of my brilliant pookies spoke without thinking.
Kid 1: "My grandpa's on life support."
Me: "I'm sorry to hear that."
Kid 2: "Why are you sorry?"
Me: "Because her grandfather is on life support."
Kid 2: "That's a good thing tho."
The whole class: *frowns* "What?! No that ain't good!"
Kid 2: "But I thought life support was when you got money for being old."
Me: "Uh no. You get money from child support but not life support. Life support is when you're basically depending on a machine to live."
Kid 2: "Oooooohhhhh...."
They're so silly.
Third period was a little loud and active the other day and I had to keep telling them to be quiet, sit down, stop touching so and so, etc. It was getting rather annoying because they had work to do and they weren't working. Sensing my frustration with them, one of them suggested we play a game. We played roller coaster. If you got out of your seat then you died since you fell off the roller coaster. My response? A big fat blank stare. Amazingly it worked. They didn't get up or touch their neighbors. The second part of the game was that the roller coaster was in the library so they couldn't be loud. At this point I was just like whatever. It worked so who cares.
We're still doing the book drive so get your books to me! Thanks!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Cootie Kings and Lint Lickers
Today involved lots of "counseling," cheering up, analyzing children, giving boyfriend advice, giving parents advice, etc. Basically I felt like I should have been a counselor or psychologist/psychiatrist instead of a teacher. First there was the conference. It involved the parent, regular and special ed teachers, a principal, a counselor, and a psychiatrist. It was crucial. The kid is struggling in his classes but we can't really figure out why. That's why the SPED teacher and psychiatrist were there. That was the 1st conference I've ever walked out of not really knowing how to help the kid. Like, I felt bad for him. Something isn't adding up or clicking here. I'm going to figure this out! I'm going to pray about it and go from there. Something just ain't right here.
After the conference was the homeroom drama. Once homeroom started I noticed a student, who is normally upbeat and cheery, was the opposite of her normal self. I didn't say anything to her because I figured she was upset about the game last night (she's a basketball player). Another student came and asked if they could go in the hall and talk. I said sure and asked if I needed to come too. I went out in the hall and they told me what was going on. Her boyfriend used to date a girl on the basketball team. They broke up and he started dating my student. Well apparently he's still in love with the ex girlfriend and he can't be with my student anymore. She was all upset. I gave her the whole "you'll have 20 more boyfriends before you graduate from high school so it's not the end of the world he didn't deserve you anyway" speech. She wasn't fully buying it. Next, I told her how to get over it. And finally, as is my custom when my girls are terribly upset over a cheating boyfriend, I wrote her a little note to keep in her notebook to look at when gets down. Her note said... KM is a cootie king. She cracked up. Notes from the past have said boogers, lint licker, turd, and other gross, funny words. I'm not deep or inspirational so that's all I got. They love the notes and they actually keep them. Sometimes you don't have to be all deep and inspirational to make a situation better.
During 3rd period a former student came by my room all teary eyed. My kids were working on a worksheet so I stepped out to talk to her. Her boyfriend was cheating on her too and she found out in the principal's office after the so called other woman tried to fight her. Poor thing. I gave her advice on how to be "nicety" and move on with her life. I talked to the guy about it too. He appeared to feel bad about the whole thing. He said he was going to get her back and leave that other girl alone. I know you're wondering why he cheated but I won't tell. Let's just say it was easy to do.
After all of that I sat and reflected on my high school boyfriends and giggled. It all seems so serious then. Oh to be young and in love.
My repeaters are working out of the English II state testing handbook. Right now we're doing fact and opinion. The other day we were reading an editorial dealing with education and basically it said that kids are failing because teachers suck. That sparked a serious discussion with them. They said that it's not the teacher's fault all the time. A lot of times it the kids fault because they just don't want to learn sometimes. Then they went on to explain that sometimes teachers don't teach on their level or relate the material to them so they don't want to do the work. It was a really interesting conversation. It made me think about what I'm doing in my classroom to make sure my kids want to learn.
Don't forget about the book drive! We're collecting books, cds, and DVDs to help raise money for the football and basketball facilities. If you have any books, cds, and DVDs you want to get rid of please contact me. You can leave a comment here, call me, text me, Facebook me, tweet me, email me, whatever. I'll come pick up the stuff or I can meet you somewhere. Since I coach volleyball and we play in the gym I want to help as much as possible. It costs you nothing but maybe a little gas. You'll be getting rid of some clutter! Thanks!
After the conference was the homeroom drama. Once homeroom started I noticed a student, who is normally upbeat and cheery, was the opposite of her normal self. I didn't say anything to her because I figured she was upset about the game last night (she's a basketball player). Another student came and asked if they could go in the hall and talk. I said sure and asked if I needed to come too. I went out in the hall and they told me what was going on. Her boyfriend used to date a girl on the basketball team. They broke up and he started dating my student. Well apparently he's still in love with the ex girlfriend and he can't be with my student anymore. She was all upset. I gave her the whole "you'll have 20 more boyfriends before you graduate from high school so it's not the end of the world he didn't deserve you anyway" speech. She wasn't fully buying it. Next, I told her how to get over it. And finally, as is my custom when my girls are terribly upset over a cheating boyfriend, I wrote her a little note to keep in her notebook to look at when gets down. Her note said... KM is a cootie king. She cracked up. Notes from the past have said boogers, lint licker, turd, and other gross, funny words. I'm not deep or inspirational so that's all I got. They love the notes and they actually keep them. Sometimes you don't have to be all deep and inspirational to make a situation better.
During 3rd period a former student came by my room all teary eyed. My kids were working on a worksheet so I stepped out to talk to her. Her boyfriend was cheating on her too and she found out in the principal's office after the so called other woman tried to fight her. Poor thing. I gave her advice on how to be "nicety" and move on with her life. I talked to the guy about it too. He appeared to feel bad about the whole thing. He said he was going to get her back and leave that other girl alone. I know you're wondering why he cheated but I won't tell. Let's just say it was easy to do.
After all of that I sat and reflected on my high school boyfriends and giggled. It all seems so serious then. Oh to be young and in love.
My repeaters are working out of the English II state testing handbook. Right now we're doing fact and opinion. The other day we were reading an editorial dealing with education and basically it said that kids are failing because teachers suck. That sparked a serious discussion with them. They said that it's not the teacher's fault all the time. A lot of times it the kids fault because they just don't want to learn sometimes. Then they went on to explain that sometimes teachers don't teach on their level or relate the material to them so they don't want to do the work. It was a really interesting conversation. It made me think about what I'm doing in my classroom to make sure my kids want to learn.
Don't forget about the book drive! We're collecting books, cds, and DVDs to help raise money for the football and basketball facilities. If you have any books, cds, and DVDs you want to get rid of please contact me. You can leave a comment here, call me, text me, Facebook me, tweet me, email me, whatever. I'll come pick up the stuff or I can meet you somewhere. Since I coach volleyball and we play in the gym I want to help as much as possible. It costs you nothing but maybe a little gas. You'll be getting rid of some clutter! Thanks!
Monday, November 1, 2010
"Don't drink the Kool-aid if you didn't fix it"
Thursday and Friday we talked about revenge. I told them the story about how my brother and I got revenge on each other when I lived at home. This sparked them to tell stories of the tricks they've played on their brothers and/or sisters. One kid told a story and gave the moral at the end. Basically her brother drank her Sprite, so she drank all the Kool-aid. He beat her up because it was his Kool-aid. The moral? "Don't drink the Kool-aid if you didn't fix it."
Friday, my Asperger's student spoke in front of the class. I told the SPED teachers and 1 of his former teachers and everybody was so excited! He had to teach his classmates a new word. His word was preclude or prolonged. I don't remember. Anyway, they kids were so quiet when he gave his word, a sentence, and the definition. He's really coming out of his shell. Yay!
I've got to do a better job of managing my time so I can keep up with my blog. I did better during volleyball season. Basketball is about to start so I'm really going to have to work. Maybe I should get an assistant to grade all my papers for me that way I can do everything else. Any volunteers?
Today we were reading a story about 2 brothers. The younger brother is mentally challenged and the older brother doesn't like him. Anyway, the older brother nicknames the kid Doodle. He names him that because nobody expects much from someone named Doodle. From that quote a conversation about names came up. We discussed the story of Marijuana Pepsi Sawyer and how they would respond if they were a CEO doing some hiring. They said they wouldn't hire her because of her name. I asked them why. They told me because she might be a drug head or they couldn't take her seriously. It was rather interesting.
Remember the book drive!
Friday, my Asperger's student spoke in front of the class. I told the SPED teachers and 1 of his former teachers and everybody was so excited! He had to teach his classmates a new word. His word was preclude or prolonged. I don't remember. Anyway, they kids were so quiet when he gave his word, a sentence, and the definition. He's really coming out of his shell. Yay!
I've got to do a better job of managing my time so I can keep up with my blog. I did better during volleyball season. Basketball is about to start so I'm really going to have to work. Maybe I should get an assistant to grade all my papers for me that way I can do everything else. Any volunteers?
Today we were reading a story about 2 brothers. The younger brother is mentally challenged and the older brother doesn't like him. Anyway, the older brother nicknames the kid Doodle. He names him that because nobody expects much from someone named Doodle. From that quote a conversation about names came up. We discussed the story of Marijuana Pepsi Sawyer and how they would respond if they were a CEO doing some hiring. They said they wouldn't hire her because of her name. I asked them why. They told me because she might be a drug head or they couldn't take her seriously. It was rather interesting.
Remember the book drive!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
"I'm a huntee. Boys hunt me."
Today was the 1st round of literature circle presentations and I was a little disappointed. They didn't perform like I thought they would. When it was time for the Real-Life Connectors to get up, my 3rd period was silly, as usual. The Real-Life Connector's job was to connect the story or part of the story to something that has happened in real life.
Kid: "The part where he says 'The world is made up of 2 classes--hunters and huntees,' I connect it to real life cuz I'm a huntee. Boys hunt me."
Me: *blank stare*
Seventh period reverted back to their beginning of the year behavior. And their presentations sucked. *sigh* I was quite disappointed with their performance. I told them too. I did the compliment, correct, compliment thing. It doesn't hurt as bad. Thursday we should have better behaviors.
I had 2 conferences this morning. Both parents seemed to be really concerned and wanted to help the teacher. A lot of parents come in to conferences thinking/saying that the teacher is picking on their kid. Uh ma'am? I don't have that kind of time to single out your kid and pick on him or her. Your child is just a turd. I digress, the parents that I met with this morning were really supportive and had a lot of questions. One even took notes! Both took what we said and said they were going to consider some tests and things like that. It's nice to know that the parents are on our side.
During the 2 conferences it was easy to pick out the new teachers. They're the ones who want to save the world. They think they can save every child and make them want to learn. By January they'll have a whole new outlook. You can't save them all. If you can save 1 then you've done well, more than 1 you're a star. Now there's nothing wrong with wanting to save the world because the children are the future and all the other cliches. You just can't wear your heart on your sleeve. These kids will break your heart. Some will melt it. I love all of my kids but I know I can't save them all. I'm not making fun of new teachers, heck I thought the same thing my first year. It's actually funny when I think back on it. I was nice and I sucked. LOL. I've made a complete 360. It's obviously noticeable too.
It's basketball season, which means it's noise talking season! I love talking noise with my kids. I don't really watch either sport enough to talk noise but I know the important stuff. I even have shirts made. The Celtics won tonight so I have to talk smack to the Heat fans. I just don't like the Lakers so it doesn't matter who they play, I'm still going to talk bad about them. Ha! My kids love it!
Don't forget about the book drive! We're collecting books, cds, and DVDs to help raise money for the football and basketball facilities. If you have any books, cds, and DVDs you want to get rid of please contact me. You can leave a comment here, call me, text me, Facebook me, tweet me, email me, whatever. I'll come pick up the stuff or I can meet you somewhere. Since I coach volleyball and we play in the gym I want to help as much as possible. It costs you nothing but maybe a little gas. You'll be getting rid of some clutter! Thanks!
Also the volleyball team is selling tickets to the Belk charity sale for $5. Let me know if you want to buy 1 or 10. You can ask me or a volleyball girl. Thanks!
Kid: "The part where he says 'The world is made up of 2 classes--hunters and huntees,' I connect it to real life cuz I'm a huntee. Boys hunt me."
Me: *blank stare*
Seventh period reverted back to their beginning of the year behavior. And their presentations sucked. *sigh* I was quite disappointed with their performance. I told them too. I did the compliment, correct, compliment thing. It doesn't hurt as bad. Thursday we should have better behaviors.
I had 2 conferences this morning. Both parents seemed to be really concerned and wanted to help the teacher. A lot of parents come in to conferences thinking/saying that the teacher is picking on their kid. Uh ma'am? I don't have that kind of time to single out your kid and pick on him or her. Your child is just a turd. I digress, the parents that I met with this morning were really supportive and had a lot of questions. One even took notes! Both took what we said and said they were going to consider some tests and things like that. It's nice to know that the parents are on our side.
During the 2 conferences it was easy to pick out the new teachers. They're the ones who want to save the world. They think they can save every child and make them want to learn. By January they'll have a whole new outlook. You can't save them all. If you can save 1 then you've done well, more than 1 you're a star. Now there's nothing wrong with wanting to save the world because the children are the future and all the other cliches. You just can't wear your heart on your sleeve. These kids will break your heart. Some will melt it. I love all of my kids but I know I can't save them all. I'm not making fun of new teachers, heck I thought the same thing my first year. It's actually funny when I think back on it. I was nice and I sucked. LOL. I've made a complete 360. It's obviously noticeable too.
It's basketball season, which means it's noise talking season! I love talking noise with my kids. I don't really watch either sport enough to talk noise but I know the important stuff. I even have shirts made. The Celtics won tonight so I have to talk smack to the Heat fans. I just don't like the Lakers so it doesn't matter who they play, I'm still going to talk bad about them. Ha! My kids love it!
Don't forget about the book drive! We're collecting books, cds, and DVDs to help raise money for the football and basketball facilities. If you have any books, cds, and DVDs you want to get rid of please contact me. You can leave a comment here, call me, text me, Facebook me, tweet me, email me, whatever. I'll come pick up the stuff or I can meet you somewhere. Since I coach volleyball and we play in the gym I want to help as much as possible. It costs you nothing but maybe a little gas. You'll be getting rid of some clutter! Thanks!
Also the volleyball team is selling tickets to the Belk charity sale for $5. Let me know if you want to buy 1 or 10. You can ask me or a volleyball girl. Thanks!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Report card time=sad children
It's been awhile since I've posted. I know y'all have missed me. Honestly there hasn't been much action going on in Room 300. Report cards went out Thursday and boy were there some sad sad children. One thing that 9th graders coming from the middle school have to learn is that they are no longer in middle school. They come in and laugh and joke and play the 1st 9 weeks and swear they're going to pass. I constantly remind them that this in fact is high school and they have to actually work. They just didn't believe me. Until now. They've been rather quiet since they got their report cards. They didn't understand how they failed. It was foreign to them. A few kids thought I made up their Fs. Uuhh no. I had to go back and show them all their grades before they believed me. Why would I purposely fail a kid? Don't they realize that I teach the repeaters as well? That means I'll have to see them again NEXT year as a 9th grader. Why would I torture myself like that? I'm not crazy! I might lose it periodically throughout the year but I'm not certifiable crazy. But don't tell my kids that. I like for them to think that so they'll leave me alone. LOL
Speaking of my repeaters, they were really on my nerves today. They want to complain about us doing the same thing we did last year this year. Uh, this is a REPEATER class. That means we repeat things. I've tried to come up with different things for them to do but they don't appreciate it. Because of that, I've decided to quit. They're going to be working on their own. They don't want my help so I'll keep it. We'll see how long it takes before they beg me to come back.
Since reports have gone out I've had 3 phone conferences and I have 3 face to face conferences this week. I've been practicing my lines for the conference. "Johnny is smart, he just doesn't apply himself." "Johnny can learn, he just has to want to." "Johnny just needs some extra tutoring and he'll get it." I talked to a repeater mom today and it was the 1st time that I've talked to her. This is her son's 2nd time in my class and he's STILL failing. She was all concerned and worried that he wasn't getting the material. I told her straight up that he's just lazy. She didn't like it but she knew it was true. My question is, where were you last October when he was failing? Where were you at progress report time when he was failing? Why are you stressing me now? Parents, be involved in your child's life. Contact the teacher frequently. Yes we hate it but at least we know you care and you'll be taken more seriously when you call inquiring about your child and wanting a conference. Most teachers don't mind an email once or twice a week as long as it's a valid email. Email us and ask us what we're doing in class, are there things that you should know about, when is the next test. Those things are things you as a parent has the right to know. Stopping a teacher in Wal-Mart to ask how your child is doing is most likely going to get you a lie. I teach 180 kids. Unless your child is really terrible or really spectacular I don't really remember exactly what's going on in class. After 3:45 I try to lose Miss Griffin and find Kristin especially on Fridays. Now, please don't think that I don't care about your child because I do, more than you'll ever know. However, like I said I teach about 180 a week. I can't remember everything about everyone of them, sometimes I forget their names. I try really to remember the important stuff though. Maybe I should dedicate a blog to the parents, giving them tips on how to deal with teachers and stuff. A lot of parents go about it the wrong way and it causes the teacher to be on the defense all the time. It's just not good for anybody.
Enough about that, we've been practicing our response to literature and writing in class. They're really good at this. I've added another challenge to it. They have to teach the class. We're doing Literature Circles. They take a story that we've read and basically dissect it. They get in groups of 5 and each kid has a role. One kid comes up with open ended discussion questions and they lead the class in a discussion. Another connects the story to a real life event. Another connects the story to another story they've heard or seen, usually a book, movie, or television show. Another finds words in the story that they didn't know or that their classmates may not know and teach them those words. And the last kid is the summarizer. They just sum up the story. Tomorrow they'll present what they've come up with. I'm interested to see how they did, especially my 7th period.
This week we're reading a story dealing with revenge by Edgar A. Poe. Naturally, their journal entry for this week has to do with revenge. We're going to discuss whether it's right or wrong, can revenge sometimes be too harsh, what could someone possibly do to make you want to harm them, things like that. We'll see what we get. Next week... sacrifices. Not like animal sacrifices, that's just too much, but sacrificing something to help others. Hopefully they're learning how to connect literature to real life and gaining a love for reading.
Also the volleyball team is selling tickets to the Belk charity sale for $5. Let me know if you want to buy 1 or 10. You can ask me or a volleyball girl. Thanks!
Speaking of my repeaters, they were really on my nerves today. They want to complain about us doing the same thing we did last year this year. Uh, this is a REPEATER class. That means we repeat things. I've tried to come up with different things for them to do but they don't appreciate it. Because of that, I've decided to quit. They're going to be working on their own. They don't want my help so I'll keep it. We'll see how long it takes before they beg me to come back.
Since reports have gone out I've had 3 phone conferences and I have 3 face to face conferences this week. I've been practicing my lines for the conference. "Johnny is smart, he just doesn't apply himself." "Johnny can learn, he just has to want to." "Johnny just needs some extra tutoring and he'll get it." I talked to a repeater mom today and it was the 1st time that I've talked to her. This is her son's 2nd time in my class and he's STILL failing. She was all concerned and worried that he wasn't getting the material. I told her straight up that he's just lazy. She didn't like it but she knew it was true. My question is, where were you last October when he was failing? Where were you at progress report time when he was failing? Why are you stressing me now? Parents, be involved in your child's life. Contact the teacher frequently. Yes we hate it but at least we know you care and you'll be taken more seriously when you call inquiring about your child and wanting a conference. Most teachers don't mind an email once or twice a week as long as it's a valid email. Email us and ask us what we're doing in class, are there things that you should know about, when is the next test. Those things are things you as a parent has the right to know. Stopping a teacher in Wal-Mart to ask how your child is doing is most likely going to get you a lie. I teach 180 kids. Unless your child is really terrible or really spectacular I don't really remember exactly what's going on in class. After 3:45 I try to lose Miss Griffin and find Kristin especially on Fridays. Now, please don't think that I don't care about your child because I do, more than you'll ever know. However, like I said I teach about 180 a week. I can't remember everything about everyone of them, sometimes I forget their names. I try really to remember the important stuff though. Maybe I should dedicate a blog to the parents, giving them tips on how to deal with teachers and stuff. A lot of parents go about it the wrong way and it causes the teacher to be on the defense all the time. It's just not good for anybody.
Enough about that, we've been practicing our response to literature and writing in class. They're really good at this. I've added another challenge to it. They have to teach the class. We're doing Literature Circles. They take a story that we've read and basically dissect it. They get in groups of 5 and each kid has a role. One kid comes up with open ended discussion questions and they lead the class in a discussion. Another connects the story to a real life event. Another connects the story to another story they've heard or seen, usually a book, movie, or television show. Another finds words in the story that they didn't know or that their classmates may not know and teach them those words. And the last kid is the summarizer. They just sum up the story. Tomorrow they'll present what they've come up with. I'm interested to see how they did, especially my 7th period.
This week we're reading a story dealing with revenge by Edgar A. Poe. Naturally, their journal entry for this week has to do with revenge. We're going to discuss whether it's right or wrong, can revenge sometimes be too harsh, what could someone possibly do to make you want to harm them, things like that. We'll see what we get. Next week... sacrifices. Not like animal sacrifices, that's just too much, but sacrificing something to help others. Hopefully they're learning how to connect literature to real life and gaining a love for reading.
Also the volleyball team is selling tickets to the Belk charity sale for $5. Let me know if you want to buy 1 or 10. You can ask me or a volleyball girl. Thanks!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
"Yo momma booty so stanky..."
"...How stanky is it?"
*laughter erupts*
Me: "That's it? Where's the rest of it?"
*more laughter*
Me: "Seriously, I don't get it."
Sometimes I think that my kids are quite crazy. Second period was doing their lesson on hyperbole and pun yesterday and they were sooooo silly. They couldn't get through a single joke without cracking up. The ones they did get through didn't make any sense. "Yo momma so hairy, when she squeezed her boob play dough came out." What?! He explained that on an episode of "Family Guy" that all of Peter's hair fell out and he made a comment about being made of play dough so he could just make some more hair. Peter then proceeded to squeeze play dough out of his head. *sigh*
At the end of everyday I pick up random pieces of paper off the floor and read them. Yesterday I found 2 good notes. One of them was a rap. Yeah, I know. Everybody wants to be a rapper. I'm not talent agent or a rap expert but I know what this child wrote wasn't good.
I am very boring so all the whoes be snorring. I (bad word) so many hoes I got wetness on my peanus.
After I read the 1st line I was done. I laughed really hard. I spelled it just like he did. This is sadly funny. I don't know who wrote it but I have an idea. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow once I get the giggles out. The other note I wrote was equally as bad.
Boy: "So Susie* wat do I look like now?"
A. Ugly
B. Cute
C. Alright
Girl: *circles C*
Boy: "So if I find somebody that u can hook me up with would u do it for me I got u $5 Friday! And that's on 5."
Girl: "I guess but im goin tuh sleep bye!"
LOL! Why is he trying pay for a girlfriend? Why did he give her ABC choices? What is wrong with these children??? So many questions...
Every year I have a kid or 2 that tries their hand at roasting me. Today one of my kids told me that I was breathing like a fat person. Keep in mind that I was demonstrating something that required some extra energy. Last night at the 9th grade game he kept jumping off sides costing the team yards. I politely reminded him that at least I knew which side of the line of scrimmage I was supposed to be on and I knew when I was supposed to move. He dropped his mouth and the kids exploded. He was like, "how do you know about that?" and all this other jazz. I told him that I'm not the one to talk about because I don't play fair. He laughed and we joked back a forth for a minute while everybody was finishing up their writing assignment. His classmates told him to just quit. LOL
My 7th period has really been impressing me this week. They are really getting into the class discussion and reading. They're quiet and they are deep thinkers. The quotes that we respond to aren't necessarily the easiest quotes to interpret but they are doing great. Today we talked about a distorted view of the idea of survival of the fittest. The quote was "Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and if need be taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure." I asked them what it meant, if they agreed, why or why not? Their responses were really good. One kid put it in terms of men being strong, women being weak. Women were put here for men's pleasure. Then he threw in his own interpretation of the Bible by saying women are supposed to please their husbands. If they don't they're sinning. That sparked a major discussion. Those girls were mad. One kid pulled out his Bible and told him that that was not what that verse said. I was like wow. Some of them disagreed because of abuse, bullying, friends committing suicide. They didn't think that those victims were put here just to be bullied and abused. They really opened up today. Of course we didn't get too deep into anybody's business but we shared enough to make them feel comfortable discussing.
Don't forget about the book drive! We're collecting books, cds, and DVDs to help raise money for the football and basketball facilities. If you have any books, cds, and DVDs you want to get rid of please contact me. You can leave a comment here, call me, text me, Facebook me, tweet me, email me, whatever. I'll come pick up the stuff or I can meet you somewhere. Since I coach volleyball and we play in the gym I want to help as much as possible. It costs you nothing but maybe a little gas. You'll be getting rid of some clutter! Thanks!
Also the volleyball team is selling tickets to the Belk charity sale for $5. Let me know if you want to buy 1 or 10. You can ask me or a volleyball girl. Thanks!
*laughter erupts*
Me: "That's it? Where's the rest of it?"
*more laughter*
Me: "Seriously, I don't get it."
Sometimes I think that my kids are quite crazy. Second period was doing their lesson on hyperbole and pun yesterday and they were sooooo silly. They couldn't get through a single joke without cracking up. The ones they did get through didn't make any sense. "Yo momma so hairy, when she squeezed her boob play dough came out." What?! He explained that on an episode of "Family Guy" that all of Peter's hair fell out and he made a comment about being made of play dough so he could just make some more hair. Peter then proceeded to squeeze play dough out of his head. *sigh*
At the end of everyday I pick up random pieces of paper off the floor and read them. Yesterday I found 2 good notes. One of them was a rap. Yeah, I know. Everybody wants to be a rapper. I'm not talent agent or a rap expert but I know what this child wrote wasn't good.
I am very boring so all the whoes be snorring. I (bad word) so many hoes I got wetness on my peanus.
After I read the 1st line I was done. I laughed really hard. I spelled it just like he did. This is sadly funny. I don't know who wrote it but I have an idea. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow once I get the giggles out. The other note I wrote was equally as bad.
Boy: "So Susie* wat do I look like now?"
A. Ugly
B. Cute
C. Alright
Girl: *circles C*
Boy: "So if I find somebody that u can hook me up with would u do it for me I got u $5 Friday! And that's on 5."
Girl: "I guess but im goin tuh sleep bye!"
LOL! Why is he trying pay for a girlfriend? Why did he give her ABC choices? What is wrong with these children??? So many questions...
Every year I have a kid or 2 that tries their hand at roasting me. Today one of my kids told me that I was breathing like a fat person. Keep in mind that I was demonstrating something that required some extra energy. Last night at the 9th grade game he kept jumping off sides costing the team yards. I politely reminded him that at least I knew which side of the line of scrimmage I was supposed to be on and I knew when I was supposed to move. He dropped his mouth and the kids exploded. He was like, "how do you know about that?" and all this other jazz. I told him that I'm not the one to talk about because I don't play fair. He laughed and we joked back a forth for a minute while everybody was finishing up their writing assignment. His classmates told him to just quit. LOL
My 7th period has really been impressing me this week. They are really getting into the class discussion and reading. They're quiet and they are deep thinkers. The quotes that we respond to aren't necessarily the easiest quotes to interpret but they are doing great. Today we talked about a distorted view of the idea of survival of the fittest. The quote was "Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and if need be taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure." I asked them what it meant, if they agreed, why or why not? Their responses were really good. One kid put it in terms of men being strong, women being weak. Women were put here for men's pleasure. Then he threw in his own interpretation of the Bible by saying women are supposed to please their husbands. If they don't they're sinning. That sparked a major discussion. Those girls were mad. One kid pulled out his Bible and told him that that was not what that verse said. I was like wow. Some of them disagreed because of abuse, bullying, friends committing suicide. They didn't think that those victims were put here just to be bullied and abused. They really opened up today. Of course we didn't get too deep into anybody's business but we shared enough to make them feel comfortable discussing.
Don't forget about the book drive! We're collecting books, cds, and DVDs to help raise money for the football and basketball facilities. If you have any books, cds, and DVDs you want to get rid of please contact me. You can leave a comment here, call me, text me, Facebook me, tweet me, email me, whatever. I'll come pick up the stuff or I can meet you somewhere. Since I coach volleyball and we play in the gym I want to help as much as possible. It costs you nothing but maybe a little gas. You'll be getting rid of some clutter! Thanks!
Also the volleyball team is selling tickets to the Belk charity sale for $5. Let me know if you want to buy 1 or 10. You can ask me or a volleyball girl. Thanks!
Monday, October 18, 2010
I have no title
Saturday I talked to my Asperger's mom and I was telling her that her son received a detention for being late. I was telling her that I'd take care of it so don't worry about it. She said he needed to go because she told him and his sister to get their acts together the night before and they didn't. As a result they were tardy for school. He had to serve the detention. I actually feel bad:(. Then she went on to ask the usual parent questions: how is Johnny doing, is he behaving, blah, blah, blah. I told her that he's doing fine and he participated in class discussion on Friday. She seemed surprised. She said that she was glad I told her because he doesn't tell her anything when she asks. He gives her one word answers. Apparently, I'm the only person he'll really talk to. It's probably because I make him talk to me. LOL. Today, he didn't use his words. He made signs. He got a pass today because he got another detention this morning. Tomorrow it's back to using our words.
Today, we continued to read the short story "The Most Dangerous Game." We have a bit of class discussion before we read which is always interesting. It also shows me how my kids think and how intelligent they can be. There was a quote in the story that I chose to discuss. "The world is made up of two classes-the hunters and the huntees." I asked my kids what that meant to them and whether or not they agreed. The majority of them put it in terms of male and female with the hunters being men and huntees being the women. Men go out into the world hunting jobs, financial security, and women. They bring home what they hunt to the women. The women in turn nurture what the men bring home. Another thing they discussed was the hunters being the strong people in the world and the hunters are the weak. One kid said it has to do with smart and not smart. They did really well with the discussion and they actually wanted to read the story. Grammar wasn't their thing. Reading stories about a man who got bored hunting animals and decided to hunt humans obviously is. Who knew?
Don't forget about the book drive! We're collecting books, cds, and DVDs to help raise money for the football and basketball facilities. If you have any books, cds, and DVDs you want to get rid of please contact me. You can leave a comment here, call me, text me, Facebook me, tweet me, email me, whatever. I'll come pick up the stuff or I can meet you somewhere. Since I coach volleyball and we play in the gym I want to help as much as possible. It costs you nothing but maybe a little gas. You'll be getting rid of some clutter! Thanks!
Also the volleyball team is selling tickets to the Belk charity sale for $5. Let me know if you want to buy 1 or 10. You can ask me or a volleyball girl. Thanks!
Today, we continued to read the short story "The Most Dangerous Game." We have a bit of class discussion before we read which is always interesting. It also shows me how my kids think and how intelligent they can be. There was a quote in the story that I chose to discuss. "The world is made up of two classes-the hunters and the huntees." I asked my kids what that meant to them and whether or not they agreed. The majority of them put it in terms of male and female with the hunters being men and huntees being the women. Men go out into the world hunting jobs, financial security, and women. They bring home what they hunt to the women. The women in turn nurture what the men bring home. Another thing they discussed was the hunters being the strong people in the world and the hunters are the weak. One kid said it has to do with smart and not smart. They did really well with the discussion and they actually wanted to read the story. Grammar wasn't their thing. Reading stories about a man who got bored hunting animals and decided to hunt humans obviously is. Who knew?
Don't forget about the book drive! We're collecting books, cds, and DVDs to help raise money for the football and basketball facilities. If you have any books, cds, and DVDs you want to get rid of please contact me. You can leave a comment here, call me, text me, Facebook me, tweet me, email me, whatever. I'll come pick up the stuff or I can meet you somewhere. Since I coach volleyball and we play in the gym I want to help as much as possible. It costs you nothing but maybe a little gas. You'll be getting rid of some clutter! Thanks!
Also the volleyball team is selling tickets to the Belk charity sale for $5. Let me know if you want to buy 1 or 10. You can ask me or a volleyball girl. Thanks!
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