The Real MVP

To my immune system:

Thank you for not giving up on me and for keeping me from getting that nasty 48 hour flu that literally everyone else around here is getting, because the only thing worse than writing sub plans, is writing sub plans when you're dying.  

Have you heard the figure of speech "bouncing off the walls"?

Teaching in a junior high has shown me that it's not just a figure of speech. My kids are literally bouncing off the walls with excitement for Christmas break.  How many days until summer?

That Time I Couldn't Believe What Came Out of My Mouth

I know what you're thinking and no, I didn't swear again.

There have been countless days where I just have to shake my head at myself and think "I cannot believe that came out of your mouth" because of the extreme ridiculousness that happens in my classroom.  Here is one example:

Last year I had a particularly hellish class (there's always one) that liked to sag their pants. Typically I don't say anything about dress code violations because it makes me uncomfortable, but today was a bit different.  I honestly can't even remember how it happened, but the guys were joking about their sagging pants and trying to see who could get their pants the lowest and then suddenly there were pants hitting the floor.  I shut it down real quick, but I had to say "The next person who pulls down their pants in class is going straight to the office."

Why is that even a thing that needs to be said?

Finding notes on the floor is my favorite thing. (3)

"So are you gonna get revenge? Does he have a hot brother, cousin or dad (jk)? I would tell you to makeout with some guy infront of him but I dont want you to get introuble."

How I feel when students raise their hands during independent practice:

I'm good with it.

If you ever want to lose all of your faith in humanity, have 9th grade students write difficult words like “satisfied”.  

I had my students write the sentence “I am satisfied (or unsatisfied) with my current grade because…”

They get points for creativity for sure. Here are some of the versions of “satisfied” that I got:

saticfid

staticfyd

satasfid

satisphide

satisfiete

sadify

sadifide

Some of the wiser students just avoided the word all together and told me “I’m good with it.”