Wow.

>>Wow. That is all I can say. This week has been nutso. I explained all that happened on tuesday. Yesterday I went on the ski trip which proved to be way way way more work than fun. I had three students there. We happened to be the last 4 people on the bus. The last four people in line to get rentals (for my students). after trying to figure out addresses, phone numbers, heights, weights, shoe size, and whether or not to take a lesson. We finally got on the mountain. One of my students was actually smart and stuck with the lesson, the other two didn't. Steve proceeded to go three feet, fall, and then spend 5 mins to get up. And then get upset when we didn't wait for him. Finally, Frank and I decided to go to the top of the mountain. (frank was fairly confident on ski's) We told steve, "we will do one run, and by the time you have finished the bunny slop we will be back and we'll do some more runs together" Steve was not having any of it. He said, "I wanna go! I'll be fine" Anyways, he was not fine. Frank and I would go down a little ways, and then wait for Steve to come the rest of the way down. One time he came down, and the outside of his boot had fallen off, so he was walking down the mountain in just his inside layer. So, I had to put him back together on the slopes. Another ways down, he comes down sliding on his board. So, it ended up with me having to snowboard down carrying his snowboard, while he slid the whole way down on his butt. After this, we stopped for lunch and I was exhausted. They ate, hung around. and then of course we were the last ones to turn in our rentals, and the last ones on the bus. Needless to say, I went to the bed at 8 last night with a bad sunburn.

>>Today, Jamie was at P.E. and another student (who used to be in my class, but moved to the new SDC class) flipped him off. Jamie ran up to me and said, "want to do that to my face?" Where this other kid proceeded to push Jamie, and Jamie took him down. Punched him, put him in a headlock, etc. He got in trouble, but Jamie was the student who was in foster care over winter break. He currently lives with his uncle, and still has a lot of anger toward his mother. The principal pushed it off as anger toward his mom and instigation from the other student and let him off easy.

>>Then, I learn during lunch from a crying parent that Steve was 5150. "5150 is a section of California's Welfare and Institutions Code which deals with involuntary confinement and psychiatric evaluation of any person deemed gravely disabled or a danger to himself, herself or others". Basically it means, that he was so violently out of control that his parents had to call the cops to have him mentally committed and restrained. I am worried for his parents, but also worried for Steve. He can get really out of control, which I have seen, but not physically. it must be scary to wake up all drugged up, restrained in a psych hospital.

>>I am taking this friday off. My first personal day I have taken all year. I am soooo stoked! I feel bad for my IA's who have been there all week taking the grunt of most of this action, but they've had their time, so I feel like I deserve mine :)

Happy friday!! (or my friday that is!)