I made a v-day layout, not to offend anyone who chooses not to celebrate this admittedly uber-commercialized holiday. I'm going to put it up in the next couple of days, I figure better early than late, this way I can take it down right after the big day and nobody will feel like they just haven't had enough of it.
I did a little v-day shopping today, although I find myself always looking over my shoulder, praying that I don't run into a student. That would be unpleasant. Or at least uncomfortable.
In completely unrelated news, remember the frighteningly fat fish? I don't know what was going on with it, I'm pretty sure it wasn't pregnant, because it was fat for like...months. Anyway, it's not fat anymore. It seems happy, so whatev. There aren't any baby fishes swimming around, but they tend to get eaten pretty quickly when there aren't good hiding places. Circle of life and all.
After 2 days of just ridiculous classes with one of my grade 10 classes, I had a super day with them today. It's unfortunate that it took a trip to the office and chat with the parents of one of the kids, but I guess they know that I mean business now, so today was super. We listened to Red Hot Chili Peppers and practised grid enlargement. I like to think that my being me had more to do with the change than the office visit; I start each day fresh with them, I let them know that I'm interested in how they're doing and that as long as they show me and each other some respect, we'll get along fine. The student I was having the hardest time with was the one who brought in the RHCP cd. The song 'Airplane' came on, and when I walked past his desk I asked him if this was the video with all the little kids singing in it. He *smiled* at me, and said he wasn't sure, he hadn't ever seen the video. He *smiled*. He didn't ignore me, or make some smart comment. It was like a civilized, albeit short, conversation. Anyway, this may all turn around tomorrow and bite me in the ass, but for now I'm really happy.
I'll keep you posted, as usual.
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