quick notes

before seventh period another 1st year teacher comes up to me and hands me a note. a student in my seventh period class asks as she walks away... "is that your daughter?" i ask another student in my class... "how old you do you think i am?" she responds... "forty."

3rd period... my pre-ap, extremely well-behaved class is doing groupwork, they seem to be talking about things other than math. i ask one of the students if their conversation is math-related. she responds "actually yes it is, we were just talking about how we were all three going to get together and write a letter to the state nominating you for teacher of the year. we think that you should be featured on television as the best teacher in the country." of course, these were all lies she was spouting forth, but despite the overt sarcasm, i pretended she wasn't lying and it made me feel better about myself.

2nd period... one of the 9th grade football players in my class is not doing any work. i take him out the in hall to have a stern conversation with him. each time i say "why don't you do the work in my class?" or some version of that phrase, he responds "i do do my work." it takes all i have not to laugh. (only the truly immature may understand why.) i may look forty, but we see where my maturity level is...

one of the football players to me today, "coach, you know how badly i could hurt you right?" my response.... "yes".

things are going well. hope all is well at home. peace.