wow...this is intense :)

My homeroom. Oh my homeroom. I love you - I really do. You are a handful and I'm not really sure what to do with you. Supposedly we are to help you with ¨character development.¨ I just want you to have a break in the day from class...behave when I take you to lunch and don't be too rowdy in the classroom. Thanks
"Can I touch your hair?" "Was your class in Pennsylvania (yes, I taught in PA before...) like this (points to her skin) or like you (points to my skin)?" "Where'd you get that shirt?" "You have a lot of hair on your arms." "Your eyes are like waterfalls!" - that's a good one, haven't heard that! Man BB, you sure stare at me a lot.
"Can I go to the bathroom?" "Can I go buy a Gatorade?" "Let me run down the hall and tell her something." "Can we play spades?" "Can I have more time to eat my lunch (because I chose to wait 10 minutes before entering the line with everyone else in the class...)?" NOOOO!!!!! :)

I absolutely LOVE my 4th block. I love the other kids too, but man, especially for being at the end of a long day, they are really great.
I scored major points today with the counselor for bringing my Spanish II kids to the office and instructing them in Spanish to give her several tarjetas that they decorated with "que tengas un buen día," "muchas gracias," y "eres muy amable" during our tour of the school. 
Pats for broken air conditioning at the middle school that lets the whole district get out at 2:20 instead of 3:54 on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Kicks for Cookers not having a key for my classroom (I JUST WANT TO LOCK MY DOOR!!!!!) :)

"¿Qué pasta?"
pasado - pass ON 75% OF THE PAPERS!!! did you not hear me, I said pasT
How do we spell absurd? Absurd? Anyone? A-B-S-U-R-B You've got to be kidding me.
Hobbies/Interests outside of school: motivational speaking, reading  - oh SK I love you :)
"On 8-7-07 I was given the assignment to wrote about a time I quit and I quit."
"The second-thing I quit on is my piano lessons. I really wanted to learn how to play but my teacher had a breath problem and I couldn't take it anymore, I didn't like the smell."

I say that this has been an intense week because I think about my kids 24/7. Well, I don't exactly remember my dreams (I sleep quite soundly at night!), but every waking moment I am thinking about school. I can't get the kids out of my mind. It's consuming me! :) haha I don't mind (for now...) - they are so young and most of them are really good students - I can tell they try and want to do well.