My boyfriend and I did not get too much of a goodbye today. He came in the morning to show me what to do with the kids for PE then flew out. But even just hugging and kissing in a chaste manner caused a ruckus from the sixth graders. I mean, I am already asked 50 times a day when we are getting married or girls wanting romantic stories. The kids are obsessed. But you cannot get them started because then they never stop.
I confiscated a sharpie marker in gym class from a student and forgot to give it back at the end of the day. He came by my house looking for it. That is how it is here. Kids just come by. I also had girls come by wanting to draw pictures for me. Possibly for money, I am not sure. Kids come by selling crafts. Adults come by selling crafts. What I really want is being sold by a teacher and it is carved chess board made from whale bone with ivory pieces. But is is $1500. My boyfriend and I both drool over it though. The crafts the native teachers sell cost more than the people who come to your door.
The day went pretty well for the first half. Kids worked, no one called me a name, no one asked me a sex question. I did lose one 7th grader and did not notice until the special aide teacher came by, asking me what I wanted done with the student having a melt down by the stairs. Oops. I needed the tech guy to fix the projector, so when he had the door open, a bunch of kids tried to run out to the hall. That is how she snuck out. I would not let a kid go to the bathroom and wash off a giant jaw breaker he dropped on the floor during the movie. He responded by knocking all of the papers off of the table. I took away the bathroom pass for one class because they would not settle down and do the movie worksheet. If the kids are good, they get skittles at the end of class and sometimes students who are working get them during class. All morning most students got skittles. The kid who knocked my papers down did not get any. Kids who were really tardy did not. If the kid did not do much work they got maybe one depending on if they were quiet or disruptive. Actually one 7th grade was perfect the entire hour. In the afternoon, one the grade class got no skittles for anyone because as a whole, the class would not settle down. I could not keep kids in seats and they wanted to run around during the movie or sit in the window. Tomorrow I might start adding more names to the detention board. It was funny because I had 7th graders wanting to stay in my class for another hour because sometimes the special ed kids can go work elsewhere if they are having a rough day. So I had kids keep coming back. The last 6th grade class started off doing well and got skittles. Part of this was because I sent a problem child downstairs to work. He came back and then everyone went nuts. I had kids trying to steal batteries from the remote, trying to take stuff from the desk, kids stealing other kids homework, etc etc. So I denied them skittles as an entire class. This led to papers being crumpled up and thrown, trash thrown in general and whining about how mean I am. They actually were so upset that they did not finish cleaning up. Each class earns check points that go towards a pizza party. They need 100 checks. If a class is nice and cooperative with me, they will get 10 points automatically. If not, they get zero.
I seriously have to keep everything in my pockets. I cannot leave out dry erase markers or pens or the remote. They write on desks daily so need to keep pens away from them. They start writing on the board if they get a marker. And now i guess they steal batteries. I am better with discipline, but when it is 3/4 of a class, you cannot send the entire class to the office.