A day in the life of me

Period 1:
After Student 1 snapped her friggin' gum at me for the third time, I told her to spit it out and SHE SAID NO. I was not impressed with that response. After pulling a referral out to write her up, she spit it out and then stuck her tongue out at me.

Period 2:
We had a sub who was the Bitch of all Bitches. This class can sometimes be a bit mouthy but for the most part, they're good kids. Well, they were being difficult and I was walking around helping them do a worksheet. The sub sat at her desk and watched me work the room. Then 5 minutes before the bell, she told the kids they talked too much and didn't work enough so she took their worksheets to turn in, rather than giving them as homework, knowing they weren't done. BUT she took mine. I always get a blank one so I can refer to it throughout the day when I helped kids. But she even took mine, telling me, "You don't need this." EXCUSE ME?!? The kids got quiet at that moment, waiting to see what I would do. I heard someone mutter, "Oh man, is she mad." They all sort of backed away. One girl patted my hand and asked me, "Do you need a time out, Ms. O'Sullivan?" The other kids waited to see what I would do and I walked over and pick a blank worksheet from the pile and walked out of the room. Props to me for not slamming the door or knocking her in the mouth with the history book- and those suckers are heavy!

Period 3:
We have a question on the board for the kids to answer. There is one on there at the beginning of every period, every day. They are to come in, sit down, write down the question and the answer and that begins the period. We just ended the 3rd quarter of school so they have done this for 27 weeks. I still have to tell kids, "write the question down." Today, one of my kids said, "No, I'm tired and I'm not gonna do it." I just walked away. I thought about whacking him with a text book but I just walked away and took about 3947432 deep breaths.

Lunch:
There is some kid who isn't anyone I know but he's in line. His shirt says, "Anger Management Classes really piss me off." I said to him that while that was funny, it was inappropriate and he needed to turn it inside out. He told me no. I told him yes. He asked why. I told him because the language was inappropriate it, and to go to the boy's room to change or go behind the pop machine and do it. He said "No, and you can't make me."

I was pissed. I had about had it. What really sucks, is that no, I couldn't MAKE him, unless I bashed him in the knees with a lunch tray and then kicked him in the nuts to disable him and while he was on the ground in pain, I might have been able to wrest the shirt from him. But legally, no, I couldn't make him. So I told the principal on him. He told the Principal no, and later I saw him in the office. So nanananananah!

Period 4 and 5 were without incident.

Period 6:
The gum snapper girl was at it again and I made her spit it out again- after she told me "no"- again. This time, she took another stick of gum from her pocket and stuck it in her mouth immediately. I made her spit that one out and told her if she put one more in I would write her up.

Period 7:
A group of kids were working on their homework and I was helping (actually, I had given up and I was pointing to the correct answers on the page and letting them write 'em down without looking them up on their own. Yeah, I suck. So, sue me.) The rest of the kids were working on the computers. One stupid girl who has no social skills and is too dumb to be in any classes other than basic math and reading, asked me if she could play games. Well, the regular teacher was out of the room and I wasn't sure so I told her no. She said, "Well everyone else is." I think I snapped. I said, ""Well, then you should've just played rather than ask me. They can play and YOU can't!!" Then she almost cried and I pointed my finger at her a yelled, "And don't even cry because I will not deal with that today." And she stopped and sat and pouted.

So this other boy, who is equally as dumb as she but he slobbers and lisps and has a crush on HER, came over and told me I wasn't nice to her. As he said this, he lisped and slobbered on me. And the kid next to me. That kid said, "Ummm, he slobbered on me!!!!! And the class laughed. I told slobber boy to mind his own business and to go sit down. He turned, took 3 steps, and FARTED really really REALLY loudly and the entire room was then a ball of hysteria. The classroom teacher was back and she didn't say a word. She just walked over with a can of air freshener, sprayed it in the direction of Slobber Boy's butt and walked away. The bell rang about 4 minutes later.

So, who wants to be a teacher?

Maggie