Heard it all.

Before I get into another week, I need to document what happened at the end of last week. It's vital.

1. DS' meds were a bit off and he decided it was okay to kick J in the stomach. DS was suspended for a day; he'll be back Monday. J went home because his mom wanted to get him checked out. DS now sits at an island table all by himself, per assistant principal's command.
2. No crayon eating incidents, but V was caught cheating during our reading test. She went into hysterics after I took her paper, told her to write a note to her parents about what she did, and finish it in Mrs. A's class.
3. RIGHT AFTER I give a big talk about cheating and that I won't tolerate it, T also decided to cheat on our spelling test. ON THE FIRST WORD. I took his paper, he went into even more dramatic hysterics because he got caught. He couldn't calm down, so I moved him and told him he also needed to write a note to his mama telling her what he did and why he wasn't able to finish his test. (The big kicker is that he does WELL on spelling so there really was NO reason to cheat.) He pretty much threw a temper tantrum the rest of the day.
4. And the best part of all Friday. According to Ta, I'm a "white ho" because I change her clothespin to yellow all the time. And Mrs. A is a "fat white ho" because she made her turn around at lunch (note: Mrs. A is black). I have heard it all now. I didn't hear it straight out of her mouth (6 students confirmed it, and my #1 trustworthy student admitted to calling Mrs. A mean and then admitted that Ta said the other stuff), but Ta showed signs of all guilt when I called her over.
"Ta, come here please."
"I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING!!! I DIDN'T DO IT!"
"Did I say you said something?"
"But I didn't say it!!"
Mmm hmmmmmmm. It was quite hilarious because Mrs. W (the crazy guidance counselor) came in and gave a short discussion about it. She gave everyone the opportunity to privately confess on paper. We did have one little boy (the new one J) who confessed to something completely unrelated (he said, "I called him a faker"). haha So summarily, Ta also lied and said she didn't say anything. I called Ta's mom, she was shocked, Ta was in hysterics as well. Mrs. A and I had some laughs/soapboxes about society since, you know, hoes gots-ta stick together.

My sister's coming into my classroom tomorrow, so that'll be neat. Not only do I get a bit of help, I also get to show LK her big sister's classroom. :) It's a pride thing, I think.

On a less crazy note from last week, my kids really loved the tornado bottles. I remembered I LOVED them in elementary school, so I found the connector, two soda bottles, and some food coloring. It's pretty awesome. It makes tornado loopies when you spin it. Hmm, it's hard to explain.

I'm being sent to a professional development seminar up in Richmond in two weeks (October 23rd). It's about test-taking strategies, so that'll be interesting. At least they're providing food! It's an expensive seminar (thankfully my school is paying!!). The fun side note is that I'm staying with C's mom and dad, so I get to make a social visit as well. They live in this gorgeous house; almost a dream house of mine. It'll be nice.

Last weekend, I went to my other half-brother's birthday party at the bowling alley. Two things. 1) One of the moms came up to me and thought I was one of the new soccer moms. 2) S' friends thought I was S' aunt. While this makes my maternal side glee, my 23-almost-24 side goes "Great, not only do I already look like a mom, people are going to start envisioning me in a tacky light-up holiday sweater with matching vest." I really don't think that's my type of honey to catch the flies. If I ever meet anyone who ever finds that attractive and/or sexy, I will prance around in an 80's leotard with fluorescent bangles and scrunchy legwarmers to the tune of "You Can Dance" by Madonna while holding the sign "WHY?!?!?! ... and now get your head checked." in a public place.

- Miss Chelsea :)