Different Times

Ohhhhhh this challenge hit me....I am just going to say I am praying for you. 11th grade...whew....Your wings and halo are guaranteed! Today, I was covering a class and I told an elementary student to stop drawing and start doing their work....the response was, "Ho, I don't need this BS (the non abbreviated version.) Gasps spread across the classroom....Being on the leadership team in my mind I was thinking - congratulations my darlin', you have just won the rest of the day off. I am going to speak as an exhausted educator...this year has been rough. We live in a world that is just a hot mess...we see that reflection of society in our kids. Kids see, hear and live this...so when they come into the classroom they bring it hard. I told the kids after that student was escorted from the room that we have choices....we don't always make the correct choice but sometimes we learn from our mistakes or our friends poor choices and we do better. I had a student come up to me after class and he made me smile....he hugged me, shook his head and this precious child said, "I just don't understand that kind of behavior." Driving home I was replaying the day and I must admit I was counting up how many days are left....28......I was at a four way stop sign and I just started laughing.....The ride in front of me was a Tahoe....I thought dannnnng I could get vanity plates that say Da-Ho or duh-ho. You have to laugh when you can. Hang in there!