Day Eighty-six: Do you smell that?

Today was my first adventure with the drug dogs. I've heard about them, and I think once I saw them pass in the hallway. Today during 1st period one of the staff came into our room, told everyone to take off their coats, leave everything in the room, and stand out in the hallway. There we found a police officer with a Lab (to our surprise not a German Shepherd...we even stereotype dogs). They did a sweep of the room, came back out, and we returned to the room. Needless to say at least one student looked a little too relieved.

I got an email today saying that one of my students was taken out of school today by her mom. Even though she has not wanted to do any work and has shown little to no desire to do anything besides be wrapped up in her cell phone, I still hoped there was a way to get through to her. It's a strange mix of feelings between knowing you tried everything you could think of and wishing you could have done more.

In happier news, while I have a few students who seem to find editing music "boring" (Are they crazy? They get to listen to music and mess around with it AND work towards getting credit), I have a lot of students that are having a blast. Then there are the students that I used to struggle with so much turn around and be so proud of what they are creating. I love the smiles on their faces when they finally hand over their headphones to me so I can hear what they've done. It makes it so worth it.