I have been having some big big days. I have a bigger day ahead of me next week: the principal's observing me! Eeeks! Let's hope my kiddies are as good as they usually are.
So on Friday I was getting my classroom ready. My door was open and kids were starting to bring their books (and selves) into the room. Then I see a girl wearing daisy duke style shorts. Dangit. So I ask her to hop in my room real quick, and she comes on in, and I discreetly ask her if she has another pair of bottoms to wear. And she says no.... So I tell her we need to take a little walk down to the Student Affairs Office. So I have to close my door because my students have left (and I have a laptop and have to keep my room secure...), and I walk all the way there with her to make sure she goes. She was really cooperative, and her friends walked with her. I think one of her friends needed to go in there too, but I didnt want to be a TOTAL bia.
Then, during my upperclassmen class (French 345), I had to lay the smack down on a student, too. He has a hard time doing the material, so he cops out and just reads a book. I asked him AGAIN to put away his book, and he lets out this huge dramatic sigh AGAIN. So I ask him to step into the hallway with me. We spend about FIVE minutes talking about this issue, and I hope that I properly communicated to him that it's necessary to make an effort, follow along, and GET SOME HELP. Because my class frustrates him to no end. But we walked back in and he got his French materials out and followed along. At the end, there was some time, so he got some help from me. I was really happy about that.
Okay, I have to get back to work so I can have the week broadly planned.
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