i was asked to give a written statement on the behavior of one of my worst behaved students today... it included the following... none of this is a lie or exaggerated...
"Examples of ________’s misbehavior in my class include, but are not limited to the following… cursing, talking back to the teacher, attempting to fight other students in the middle of class, verbal altercations with other students in class, sleeping in class, calling me “pimp, little gangster, player, boy” and other disrespectful phrases, discussing smoking weed in class, discussing fighting and or harming other students physically, slapping other students in the middle of class, getting out of his seat and leaving the classroom in the middle of class, threatening students, threatening the teacher, discussing sex, discussing drugs, discussing bowl movements, and other general lewd comments."
Also another one of my students who is a serious behavior issue was going Christmas caroling at a nursing home today with an after school program. When asked how she felt about the upcoming carols she responded. "Them old people better not mess with me or I'll slap them upside their head." I think she may have missed out on the Christmas spirit of the carols. Oh and one last one... here is a poem written by a student who I do not have in class, but who comes by my room every day and demands candy. It was written a couple of years ago, but is a gem nonetheless. It is entitled "Angry Poem"
"Roses is Red... Violets is Blue... Why everybody don't like Obama? That's some bullshit."
Have a nice day. Peace.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
a welcome change...
so i was all ready for today to be a normal saturday consisting of me vacuuming my house, going to wal-mart, and grading papers. but instead my friend joe davis posted a link to this website which has now distracted my attention for the past hour. it has so captivated me, and distracted me from the normalcy of teaching that i've now been thinking about changing the world as opposed to "why do they still not know what a linear function is?" anyway... i'll give a quick rundown of the week, and then i've posted the link (on my facebook page) to this website that has me thinking grandiose world-changing thoughts. if you are interested... check it out. while teaching has taught me quite a bit about the pains of idealism, i still can believe in an young idealistic movement such as this.... you can look at the website... my friend originally tagged me in a note about this movement and i will also post what i commented on said note below. you most certainly don't have to read that part. ok so this week.... i think i had some idea that after thanksgivng things were going to be "all better" HA! not quite. it wasn't a terrible week, but things still aren't going so hot in my classroom. i still lack lots of classroom management skills, even in my classes that are like 8 kids. things are most certainly better, but i'm still not very good at this. i have a lot of ideas of things i want to change after christmas break. i am hoping to get a few of my classes changed around so that i can go much quicker in two of my classes (i'm like 4 weeks behind where i am supposed to be... oops) last night at a basketball game i threw a candy bar wrapper at one of my students to pay them back for all the things they throw at me. it probably will end up being a bad decision come monday when she returns the favor in the middle of 6th period. ohh well. anyway, i hope to keep improving, and i am posting my comments about the website i spoke of earlier below. some of the comments have to be taken in the context of the conversation we had on that note, but most should make since when it stands alone.... hope all is well. peace.
ohhh dear goodness thank you so much joe davis for sending this my way. it was a much needed break from grading papers on a saturday morning. i've had a deep longing for this type of discourse this semester as i don't get much of it in my algebra one classes. i now feel the need to add to the conversation
1. i really really like the "let us rise movement" i think it is founded in some deep and true ideals. if a movement like this were to ever really get rolling here in the US i think it could begin to break the chains of intense rhetoric and polarization that so plagues or current political system. the movement currently seems to be a bit idealistic, but i hope it can hammer out more concrete stances as the movement grows.
2. growing up in the church leads me to the same thought process that you have here joe. that is, "why are we (we as in christians) not at the forefront of a movement like this?" however, the more i think about it, the more i begin to wonder.... why do we have to put the label of "christian" on it in order for us to truly believe that Christ is a part of a movement such as this? after reading the mission and guiding aspirations of this movement its obvious to me that Christ is very much a part of this. "choosing love at every opportunity" is Christ. we don't have to label it as "christian" in order for Christ to be very much in the middle of what is happening.
3. all that being said, i am in no way putting down what you are saying joe. i could not agree more. i just wanted to add that element to the conversation. i do firmly believe that it is sad that we as the church don't have these type of mission statements at the forefront of what we are doing. we have a lot to learn from an organization like this. which will be hard for the church to do as long as we continue along these lines of polarization... church vs. non-church... christian vs. non-christian.... saved vs. not saved.... if we as the church could realize that those harsh lines don't really exist and embrace a movement that seems completely dedicated to love (which according to 1 john 4:8, isn't that what God is?) i think we would be much better off. ... See More
ok i am going to return to those papers that are calling my name. thank you for this joe davis. and to you and johncarl both.... duke... i'm coming. give me a couple of years and i'll be there. peace.
ohhh dear goodness thank you so much joe davis for sending this my way. it was a much needed break from grading papers on a saturday morning. i've had a deep longing for this type of discourse this semester as i don't get much of it in my algebra one classes. i now feel the need to add to the conversation
1. i really really like the "let us rise movement" i think it is founded in some deep and true ideals. if a movement like this were to ever really get rolling here in the US i think it could begin to break the chains of intense rhetoric and polarization that so plagues or current political system. the movement currently seems to be a bit idealistic, but i hope it can hammer out more concrete stances as the movement grows.
2. growing up in the church leads me to the same thought process that you have here joe. that is, "why are we (we as in christians) not at the forefront of a movement like this?" however, the more i think about it, the more i begin to wonder.... why do we have to put the label of "christian" on it in order for us to truly believe that Christ is a part of a movement such as this? after reading the mission and guiding aspirations of this movement its obvious to me that Christ is very much a part of this. "choosing love at every opportunity" is Christ. we don't have to label it as "christian" in order for Christ to be very much in the middle of what is happening.
3. all that being said, i am in no way putting down what you are saying joe. i could not agree more. i just wanted to add that element to the conversation. i do firmly believe that it is sad that we as the church don't have these type of mission statements at the forefront of what we are doing. we have a lot to learn from an organization like this. which will be hard for the church to do as long as we continue along these lines of polarization... church vs. non-church... christian vs. non-christian.... saved vs. not saved.... if we as the church could realize that those harsh lines don't really exist and embrace a movement that seems completely dedicated to love (which according to 1 john 4:8, isn't that what God is?) i think we would be much better off. ... See More
ok i am going to return to those papers that are calling my name. thank you for this joe davis. and to you and johncarl both.... duke... i'm coming. give me a couple of years and i'll be there. peace.
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