TGIF!!!

Friday! Friday! Friday! I had energy this week but today it was gone. Monday is Columbus Day. Most school systems get it off but we don’t. I’m planning on calling in sick and spending the day with my honey (she has it off). I can use the break. I don’t have class this Monday evening.
Well, the kids knew it was Friday, too. They were crazy! We watched a video today, not the whole period but the last twenty minutes or so of each period. It’s hard to keep them sane for seventy-five minutes on a Friday afternoon.
Rodney was pouting in the doorway of my classroom when it was time to come in. He said that he got assigned Saturday School for “doing nothin’” Of course, I happen to know that “nothin’” in this case includes a whole myriad of disruptive behavior in Ms. Helm’s class. The kids are so used to not having consequences for their actions that they can’t handle it when they are held responsible. They get away with everything they do at home, everything they do in the neighborhood, and most things they do at school. The first person to hold most of them accountable is the judge. It’s no wonder our prisons are full of “innocent victims”. Anyhow, I asked Rodney if this was going to interfere with his behavior in my class. He assured me that he would behave himself. Of course, he didn’t.
Apparently, Nick wasn’t the only one who might be getting expelled for yesterday’s incident. My email this morning had four kids suspended to the Dean of Discipline. He’s the one who makes decisions on expulsions and serious suspensions. The email also included my former students Shawanda and Creme. I broke up a fight with Creme last year and she scratched me up until I was bleeding. Jose (also from last year) is saying that he’s getting expelled as well. Of course, Jose is also a chronic liar but it might be true.