momma said there would be days like this

Happy Monday! I tell you those short weeks are rough! The weekend could not have come fast enough! A small follow up on the conversations with the students. On Tuesday when I came back in to work I told the kids why I was out on Friday. I told them I was sick. Every single one of my classes asked who took care of me while I was sick. It was sweet! One class asked if I was sick because I went out with wet hair or because I walked around the house without shoes. Haha It made me chuckle! If you haven’t read my blog about what a Mexican statement was click here! I had every intention of writing since last Wednesday then before I knew it it was Monday again!

So a few weeks ago I talked about how I had to get a new coffee pot because my Keurig broke. I really wanted a carafe less one but they’re very hard to find. So I settled on a cheaper Mr. Coffee, just a regular coffee pot. I did go ahead and splurge for the programmable one. Too bad I forgot to program it before I left. I will have to make coffee again when I get to school tomorrow! Haha It is going to take some getting used to going back to a “regular” coffee pot.

Today was a rough one in teacher world. I have a student that just feels he doesn’t have to follow rules. I asked him multiple times to take his earbuds out while I was teaching. I asked him multiple times to sit down and quit walking around the room talking to other kids while I am talking! Finally after 30 minutes of redirection I asked him to just give me the earbuds and he argued that he didn’t have it in his ear. If the child had just given them up to me he could have had them back at the end of class. However he argued that he wasn’t doing anything. I finally just said ok that’s fine keep them I will just write an infraction. He then got up and handed them to me! The entire time I was dealing with that another student that refused to take his hood off, refused to work, told me I needed to stop repeating myself. Yes child I would love to yet none of you follow directions the first time I say them! If I am not mistaken he called me an idiot but I am not completely sure. He doesn’t like to be held accountable for his actions so I don’t doubt that is what he said. He is in a special behavior program so I contacted his teacher and we will go from there. At the end of class the first kid came back to me to ask for his headphones back. I told him that I had already texted mom that she would have to come get them from the office. He got so angry and as he left he tried to slam my door and when it didn’t work he opened it again, punched it and tried to push it shut very hard. But the type of door hinge thing I have didn’t let it slam! I am not saying it made my heart happy but I was not upset that the door wasn’t working with him! I was exhausted when I got home today!

Parents a couple notes for you, or your middle school aged children: 1) If the teacher is calling, texting or emailing you this is NOT the first time that (s)he has this conversation with your child. No matter what your student says! Basically (s)he is over it! 2) If your child owns up to their mistake the adult will usually show mercy. I mean within reason. If he had said Yes I was on my headphones. Hand them to me and we were able to just move one, I would have no problem giving them back at the end of class after a sincere apology. 3) I promise you most of us are not out to get your child. Most of us just want them, and their classmates, to be successful. 4) Sometimes the problem is that your students’ disruptive behavior is getting in the way of their classmates learning. 5) Please work with us! Not against us! 6) Tomorrow is a new day. In my classroom we start fresh the next day. Today might have been a bad day but tomorrow is a new opportunity!

Well enough about this I have to finish putting in grades and I have to make sure my lesson for tomorrow is ready! Tomorrow will be a better day! It will be dang it! Haha Hope everyone has a great Tuesday! Here is the net 7 pictures. So far a year in pictures is going pretty well!