Quote of the Day

from 5th period. clearly.

"the first day that i walked into my 2nd period class, they said i looked like an underwear model. so i don't talk in that class - it's all akward now."

Well, At Least It Wasn't My Kid This Time...

i needed water, but i only had fifty cents. i set off to see if brehm (a fellow teacher in the opposite horseshoe) had two quarters i could borrow. she did not, so i questioned a neighboring teacher. as she was digging for change, we heard a loud commotion. "a fight?" she wondered. we sprang out into the hallway, only to find brehm outside her classroom - loud noises emanating from inside.

"there's a cockroach," she explained, "and they're trying to get a kid to eat it."

of course there is, and of course they are. i walked into her classroom to see aforementioned student throw something in his mouth and swallow. "AAAAAAUGH!!!" "oh, GROSS!" "i'm going to throw up!" several students rushed past me in an effort to run to the bathroom.

yep, that's right. he ate a cockroach. i came back after making copies to see if he had gone to the nurse. he assured me that after getting a drink of water, he was fine. "and how much did you make?" brehm asked. "six dollars," he replied proudly. yes, you read that correctly; not only did he eat a cockroach, he did it for six dollars.

brehm asked him if he had seen the little white flags posted in our grassy areas. another student informed him that it was a pesticide warning because they sprayed around campus. "which means," i added, since he didn't seem to be getting it, "that the cockroach may have had pesticides on or in it. it does take them a while to die." "hmmmm," the student mused. "well, if i feel icky later on, i'll go to the nurse."

i'm so glad that this is our future....