Funk

I'm in one. I got really annoyed today at CC. I find it awfully frustrating his lack of planning. I wish I had spent the evening by myself. Or with my friends. Or crafting. Or reading. Or cooking. Or cleaning. Or organizing. Or playing a game. Or dancing. Or writing. Or . . . . but I watched a very poorly made and pointless movie with a small group of people with whom I feel I really don't have anything in common. And there was very yucky beer there. And poor parenting techniques. And non-delicious pizza. Oh, the horror! Poor me.

Gang mentality of 12 year olds

The 7th graders are actually worse than the 8th graders, if that's even possible. They are mostly nice-ish when separated from their own kind, but are AWFUL when they're herded. I keep coming back to the disbelief that kids these days can be so disrespectful and rude to teachers. The other 7th grade teacher and I kvetch about these little jerks all the time. It's nice to know it's not just me they're picking on.

One girl screamed at me yesterday when I sent her out of the room for being disrespectful. It was so outrageous that other teachers down the hall and the principal heard her.

Another little hoodlum was a little ass today when he was going around bad mouthing the low grade I gave him for a project he did a crappy job on. When I tried to point out the detailed grading rubric, he kept interrupting me and talking back. Sent out.

I'm kind of happy there's swine flu going 'round the school right now. It's keep some of them home!

Nine-year Quilt

Front/Back

Finally finished it! Yay! Now it's off into a box to be forgotten, then rediscovered in a few months' time. It's funny how projects for myself take a lot longer to complete than the ones for others . . .