ok, so here's what's been up with me
- Days have been busy and I have no internet at school. This is a much bigger problem than the “at risk” “difficult” students I work with on a daily basis.
-I work for a nonprofit agency in their alternative school. There is a rock wall outside of my window and a koi pond outside of my door. These things are exactly as cool as they sound.
-I’m fucking exhausted.
-The kids are… the kids. My days are really no more or less frustrating than they were last year with mainstream (normal) students. Kids are kids. These kind of break my heart every day because they go home to nothing and that sucks.
- Schiver and I are still engaged :) and the wedding is becoming real. We have all the parts of our Save The Dates and just need the time to put them together… easier said than done.
- In two weeks I will be an official one job girl. Thank fuck. I’m not whining (ok. I’m whining, but it’s my fucking blog) but I’ve been working at least two jobs for three years now and I’m just soooo done with it.
- I miss you all, even those of you I don’t know for realsies, terribly.
- It’s hard to pick a favorite story from school so far so… I’ll give you both sides of what I see
Inspirational: Last week, my student L read aloud from Angela’s Ashes… in front of the whole class. Last year, she couldn’t read at all.
WTF: This is the hard one to pick… What to choose? My white student accusing me of being racist? The way these former inmate kids flipped out over cookies? My openly out student (go her, she rocks!) using her belt in an obscene way? My other student K who walks in to English class every day announcing “I’ve got a STIFFY!” Hmm… I think I’ll have to get back to you on that one.




