one for the books
what a day this has been...what a rare mood i'm in...why it's (wait a minute...that song definitely does not capture the essence of today. maybe it will when i go home, but not just yet)
let me see...how to end the song...why it's almost like losing my sanity. except that's too many syllables...why it's almost like losing my nerves...too intense...why it's almost like losing my brain
this morning i searched everywhere for something and wasted a bunch of time before leaving for school...hoping that i find it so it can turn into a great Christmas surprise for someone special.
in school today, a student balked at a grade i gave them. boy was he angry! after trying to talk sensibly to him i gave up...he just got more angry the more i talked to him. it took me a long time to calm down. apparently my nerves were affected by our conversation (maybe it was an empathetic shaking since i saw him literally shaking with anger). nerves finally calmed a little when i put it on someone else's shoulders (i love having guidance counselors and parents to pawn students off on!)
then, during B lunch all "h-e-double hockey sticks" broke loose when a food fight erupted in the cafeteria. an announcement came on to make sure no students were in the halls and to lock our doors and maintain our classes (see, it happened right at the end of a lunch period and the bell had already rung for the next lunch to start, so students were trying to go to lunch, but having to be herded back to their classes so the perpetrators could be quarantined in the cafeteria). after a while, the police came to get statements and we sent students who hadn't eaten yet to the gym where they would be fed. while that happened, no one knew how long we would be stuck in limbo, unable to go to the next class. students missed one class entirely because of the melee. i was just happy i got to still administer my test this afternoon!
the best news is that i might be able to find my sanity again, but i will probably have to wait until all the tests are graded (i think the excitement messed with my students' brains) :( sometimes i wonder...
let me see...how to end the song...why it's almost like losing my sanity. except that's too many syllables...why it's almost like losing my nerves...too intense...why it's almost like losing my brain
this morning i searched everywhere for something and wasted a bunch of time before leaving for school...hoping that i find it so it can turn into a great Christmas surprise for someone special.
in school today, a student balked at a grade i gave them. boy was he angry! after trying to talk sensibly to him i gave up...he just got more angry the more i talked to him. it took me a long time to calm down. apparently my nerves were affected by our conversation (maybe it was an empathetic shaking since i saw him literally shaking with anger). nerves finally calmed a little when i put it on someone else's shoulders (i love having guidance counselors and parents to pawn students off on!)
then, during B lunch all "h-e-double hockey sticks" broke loose when a food fight erupted in the cafeteria. an announcement came on to make sure no students were in the halls and to lock our doors and maintain our classes (see, it happened right at the end of a lunch period and the bell had already rung for the next lunch to start, so students were trying to go to lunch, but having to be herded back to their classes so the perpetrators could be quarantined in the cafeteria). after a while, the police came to get statements and we sent students who hadn't eaten yet to the gym where they would be fed. while that happened, no one knew how long we would be stuck in limbo, unable to go to the next class. students missed one class entirely because of the melee. i was just happy i got to still administer my test this afternoon!
the best news is that i might be able to find my sanity again, but i will probably have to wait until all the tests are graded (i think the excitement messed with my students' brains) :( sometimes i wonder...
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2:46 PM
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