Hmmmm . . .

Haven't posted in a while, mostly because I'm so high-strung by the time I get home that I don't even want to think about school or any of the little monsters I can't get to do what I ask.

So, this week. We took more notes - they complained. Then yesterday and today they began an assignment - they complained. Hopefully when they get their progress reports next week, they will decide they need to stop complaining and goofing off and begin paying attention. Hopefully.

Yesterday was by far the most eventful. I broke up two fights IN MY ROOM, sent a kid to the office - my first referral - and another to intervention for throwing sharpened pencils across the room, and had one student tardy yet again - even WITH his mother court-mandated to follow him around all day to make sure he gets to class on time. The evening before I had talked to a parent about her son's complete disregard for anything I ask him to do - his behavior had not changed at all, and when I spoke to him out in the hall, he did not seem to care at all.

I did have a sort of epiphany, though. I simply decided that I was going to enjoy my life no matter what and not let these little kids mess up my attitude. It worked yesterday, and my students seemed to pick up on my mood and lighten up a little.

Then last night my husband's grandfather passed away, complicating some family issues he has already been having, and even though I tried to be bright and pleasant, I'm not sure I succeeded.

At any rate, it has been an eventful week, but the hecticness is becoming everyday, and it doesn't seem to rile me as much anymore. I don't know what that means as far as my teaching ability, but I'm not giving up yet.

So there is my eventful week! Next week we finish our assignment using the state rubric and take a test over it - then we FINALLY begin our first writing project! I can't wait to hear the creative reasons they will voice for not needing to write them! They'll make it, though, and hopefully, if they live beyond the age of 18 and actually go to college, they will at least be able to go on and succeed in life because of my class, whether they realize and/or are thankful for it or not.