Things About Today...
... that weren't that exciting and don't require full entries all to themselves:
After assigning pairs of students to play math games together:
Student With No Social Skills: Um. No thank you. I don't want to.
Me: Why not? You've played this game before. You liked it.
SWNSS: Um. Because. I'm not really much used to black people.
Black Student With More Developed Social Skills: He just said he don't like black people!!! What'd I do? What'd I do??
Me: [to BSWMDSS:] He didn't say he doesn't like black people. He said he isn't used to them. [to SWNSS:] There are all types of people, and you need to get "used" to all of them-- black people, white people, young people, old people...
SWNSS: I'm not very much used to old people either. That means I really wouldn't be used to old black people!
*****
And something about Friday:
As I stood out on the playground, I looked toward a far corner and laid eyes on five 3rd graders taking turns kicking each other in the balls. And they weren't my kids! I looked at their teacher and said, "there's something going on over there you might wanna take care of." And then I watched my kids go the wrong way on the slide.
- I decided to be healthy this morning and order a whole wheat bagel with
litecream cheese. It tasted like baby cereal. - I am still sick and have been on a continuing cycle of DayQuil and NyQuil. Today I added some Excedrin Sinus Headache into the mix, just to keep things interesting.
- I get excited when songs I hear coincide with whatever is going on right at that moment. For example, once I was just finishing up a really hard workout when Ain't No Mountain High Enough came on my iPod. Today, just as I was entering my school's parking lot, Welcome to the Jungle came on the radio.
- I won the Perfect Attendance lottery for February, so for the month of March I get to park in a special reserved parking spot! I think I'll take a day off this week.
After assigning pairs of students to play math games together:
Student With No Social Skills: Um. No thank you. I don't want to.
Me: Why not? You've played this game before. You liked it.
SWNSS: Um. Because. I'm not really much used to black people.
Black Student With More Developed Social Skills: He just said he don't like black people!!! What'd I do? What'd I do??
Me: [to BSWMDSS:] He didn't say he doesn't like black people. He said he isn't used to them. [to SWNSS:] There are all types of people, and you need to get "used" to all of them-- black people, white people, young people, old people...
SWNSS: I'm not very much used to old people either. That means I really wouldn't be used to old black people!
*****
And something about Friday:
As I stood out on the playground, I looked toward a far corner and laid eyes on five 3rd graders taking turns kicking each other in the balls. And they weren't my kids! I looked at their teacher and said, "there's something going on over there you might wanna take care of." And then I watched my kids go the wrong way on the slide.
posted by Jess at 4:59 PM
7 Comments:
That's crazy. I don't know how I would have handled that situation. Did they end up playing the math game ok anyhow?
I'm still not used to idiots and do not play well with them.
Ahhh...the NyQuil/DayQuil cocktail. I'm still looking forward to that little high this flu season.
DayQuil & NyQuil sometimes are the icing on the I'm-sick-give-me-drugs-now cake.
Christine - they played the math game just fine. SWNSS's mom is from Mississippi. That should explain most of it.
Whinger & Anika - It's just not doing the trick... I go for the antibiotics tomorrow!
good girl! way to take it up a notch! (if you decide to continue with the lower caste drugs, might i suggest tylenol cold and flu, equally effective as the quils, but cheaper!)
perhaps you should use your stellar skills to help the other teacher with the "normal" kids!
I'm a going the wrong way on the slide type of gal. It's the equivalant of kicking the rules in the balls, but discretely and without the screaming.
Janie - I have graduated to amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium. I have no idea what that means, and I don't really care as long as it makes me feel better. And thanks for the price check- my "quils" are actually store brand ;o)
Shari - I've been a Follow-the-Rules kinda girl since birth... actually, that's not true. My mom's obstetrician told her not to have me on April 21st because he'd be in a marathon that day. That was the last time I broke a rule.
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