I walked in this morning and saw my first period frequent ditcher in the cafeteria. He wanted to know if we were going to "read that play again." Now this is the guy in my first period that yesterday was laughing about how few days he's actually come to my class. How many times he's either ditched or been in SMARTS. He's only in school because if he doesn't come he'll get arrested. (Quite a few students have attending school as part of their probation, so it's a fairly common motivation that doesn't always work). Back to the story at hand. Then one of the students across the table from him that kept trying to get out of my class 3rd period yesterday asked if his class had finished. I told him they did. I was expecting them to want to do something else. To say, "I don't want to read that stupid play. Nevermind." Or for the kid in 3rd to be relieved we were done. My classes that are finished I had planned on doing some games with today but his class was taking a lot longer to read and kept talking between every line, so I said, "Probably." Then he said, "Okay. I don't want to go to SMARTS today. I'll come to class. I did good yesterday." Excuse me while I pick myself up off the floor.
Once in class the guys complained a few times about having to read a lot (the class is small, so they do have to read more). Here's the thing...they kept reading anyway. I had to struggle not to laugh.
Fourth period four students never made it to class. Their behavior has been escalating. I know they think they are flirting, but still too emotionally immature to express that so they basically bully each other.
The conversation usually goes like this when there is a problem:
Me: Just walk away.
Student: ....
Me: Or are you trying to flirt with her?
Student: No, I'm going to hit her.
Me: ....
When one of the boys resorted to pulling a girl's hair I drew the line. What are we, in kindergarten? They all stayed to talk to the principal. I have no idea what happened, but none of them made it back to my class today.
My 6th period class was really disappointed today. One of the students that was supposed to be in the skit today at the assembly didn't show up for school today. We talked about having someone else fill in, but everyone agreed that he was the funniest part and we couldn't do it without him. So we'll try again next week.
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