You know those videos of a soldier returning where their families clamor around them, hugging them? That was basically the scene at school yesterday morning. My students acted like they hadn't seen me for years. I knew it wouldn't last.
Sure enough, by math, they were scowling at me.
Someone drew a heart on the pavement outside my door and wrote Dais in it. Of course, then the other students had to point out they'd spelled my name wrong.
"There's no 'v'," twenty students informed me.
Yes, I know.
The student I had said hi to at Winco on Saturday told me that he had seen me at Winco on Saturday.
Yes, I know.
I broke my ID badge and a secretary ordered me a new on. I asked how I was going to get in this morning and they told me that I guess I can just stay home....
I will just hope someone gets there the same time as me or I guess I'll be waiting outside a while.
A student threw up in the garbage can.
We celebrated two birthdays.
A girl was shivering at recess and Alissa asked her why she was wearing shorts. She said, "It's about the outfit."
Alissa said, "But it's cold."
My student said, "Beauty is pain."
(She has a teenage sister and it shows.)
I had a Big Meeting with a parent and therapists and lots of school personnel. It lasted 85 minutes. Not that I was keeping track....
I was letting my students in after afternoon recess and I noticed six big sixth graders surrounding one of my students. I left no one in charge of the rest of my class and hightailed it across the playground. Some of the boys were bigger than me, but I also had some of them as 3rd graders, which removes any intimidation factor of big boys, so I sent them packing and pulled my student back to the classroom.
The difference between yesterday and a week ago when I sitting in the sunshine by a pool is...vast.
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