>>Yes. Yes. I am a failure. I havent posted since dec? maybe before. My bad. Break was wonderful. I was beyond lazy, and it was almost impossible to come back. When I came back from break, I was in for a nice surprise. I got a new student (one of which i knew about) and the Jamie. Does everyone remember Jamie? My student from last year who was taken away from his mom? Who lived in the children's shelter through christmas? well, He had moved about 2 hours away with another aunt and uncle. Apparently, he threatened to kill himself, so his aunt and uncle felt they were not a safe place for him and that they could not take good care of him, so he's back at the children's shelter in my town. We are happy to have him back, but this kid comes with so many emotions he is exhausting. Sometimes he takes advantage of the fact that we care so much about it, so it has been a hard transition to give him boundaries.. we are working on it. But, it's still hard.
>>In the two weeks we have been back I have: filed a CPS report on a student, had a student fall out of his chair in another class (while sleeping) and still not wake up, have 2 students pee their pants (on the same day.. and my kids NEVER have accidents), have a longggggggg IEP, a student refusing to bring extra pull-ups when he poops in his pants numerous times a day (and have many many many people comment about how badly my room smells), have the school psychogist walk in while my students are saying the word abortion in many different pitches, try to explain why people would go to a sperm bank, tell my students that the school has cameras and can watch what they are doing so they better be well behaved and have a student almost get suspended because he was eating his shoe.
My life is never boring.
Showing posts with label Jamie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jamie. Show all posts
Monday, January 23, 2012
Monday, November 7, 2011
It has been a while.
>>Things are peaceful. (wait.. should I repeat that?) Things are SO peaceful. My students are good. Witch-aide is good. My students are a little nutty but when I try and look at the funny side of things they make my smile more than frown. Sometimes I need to just take a deep breath, go a little slower and I realize how VERY lucky I am. My little neck of the woods are happy. I am making more friends at work, becoming part of a team. Its glorious! I feel like I belong (now if I only I could get my teaching credential scores, so I ACTUALLY HAVE A CREDENTIAL - that would be awesome)
>>My home-hospital is going well. I am teaching her things she has never learned and I have no experience in these areas, so I am proud of myself. I am proud to see that I am GOOD at teaching and it's not just a fluke that I am good at SDC, I am good with other types of students.
>>Today when I got to school, my classroom was smelly. I assumed that it was old food left in someones desk. Or just smelly P.E. clothes. I plugged in a new air freshener and went about my day. The other SDC class is down the hallway 2 doors down. During 5th the janitor was checking the crawl space to see if something was dead under there because it smelled in all the classrooms. The found an ancient dead turtle and some dead rats/mice (super gross) come 6th period when my principals come up and say that they think it may be a gas leak and my class needs to evacuate to another room for 7th period. The 2 SDC classes (all 13 of the kiddos, 3 aides and 2 teachers) went into another room for 7th period. it was pretty nutty. I kept looking at all those kids, all those things going on and thinking i taught this many kids, plus 5 more last year. I was in control of this many aides, and this many wild ones. I couldn't believe it. How did I survive? no wonder I went nutty most of last year. No wonder I was stressed and going crazy. I AM NOT SURPRISED. I am proud of myself for surviving it all, but I am so thankful for Mr. N (that is what I am going to call the other SDC teacher) I want him to stay forever and forever, because he's a great teacher, he works wel with the kids, but also because he saves my butt all the time by teaching the rambunctious kiddos. He needs to stick around. Anyways, the gas leak caused me to run away from school right when the bell rang because I just did not want to risk it. We will find out tomorrow what is going on.
>>In other news, everyone remember Jamie from last year? My student who was taken away from his mother, stayed in the children's shelter over christmas. Lived with his uncle? and then ended up moving in with his half sister and OTHER uncle a few hours away? Well, I heard from his advocate and apparently he is having a really rough time at his new school and at his new house. He's becoming violent, and agressive and keeps complaining about coming back to my class. His aunt emailed me and has been saying she is going to call to talk about what we did with Jamie and why he was so successful in my class. Why was he so successful? Because we were a family. We cared about those kids like they were OUR kids. especially Jamie. I loved him so much, and I wanted to be able to take care of him. I am concerned and worried and I hope I can still see him being successful and I hope I can be there to help him through it.
>> I know I had more to post, but this is what I can think of for now. I will try and keep up.
>>My home-hospital is going well. I am teaching her things she has never learned and I have no experience in these areas, so I am proud of myself. I am proud to see that I am GOOD at teaching and it's not just a fluke that I am good at SDC, I am good with other types of students.
>>Today when I got to school, my classroom was smelly. I assumed that it was old food left in someones desk. Or just smelly P.E. clothes. I plugged in a new air freshener and went about my day. The other SDC class is down the hallway 2 doors down. During 5th the janitor was checking the crawl space to see if something was dead under there because it smelled in all the classrooms. The found an ancient dead turtle and some dead rats/mice (super gross) come 6th period when my principals come up and say that they think it may be a gas leak and my class needs to evacuate to another room for 7th period. The 2 SDC classes (all 13 of the kiddos, 3 aides and 2 teachers) went into another room for 7th period. it was pretty nutty. I kept looking at all those kids, all those things going on and thinking i taught this many kids, plus 5 more last year. I was in control of this many aides, and this many wild ones. I couldn't believe it. How did I survive? no wonder I went nutty most of last year. No wonder I was stressed and going crazy. I AM NOT SURPRISED. I am proud of myself for surviving it all, but I am so thankful for Mr. N (that is what I am going to call the other SDC teacher) I want him to stay forever and forever, because he's a great teacher, he works wel with the kids, but also because he saves my butt all the time by teaching the rambunctious kiddos. He needs to stick around. Anyways, the gas leak caused me to run away from school right when the bell rang because I just did not want to risk it. We will find out tomorrow what is going on.
>>In other news, everyone remember Jamie from last year? My student who was taken away from his mother, stayed in the children's shelter over christmas. Lived with his uncle? and then ended up moving in with his half sister and OTHER uncle a few hours away? Well, I heard from his advocate and apparently he is having a really rough time at his new school and at his new house. He's becoming violent, and agressive and keeps complaining about coming back to my class. His aunt emailed me and has been saying she is going to call to talk about what we did with Jamie and why he was so successful in my class. Why was he so successful? Because we were a family. We cared about those kids like they were OUR kids. especially Jamie. I loved him so much, and I wanted to be able to take care of him. I am concerned and worried and I hope I can still see him being successful and I hope I can be there to help him through it.
>> I know I had more to post, but this is what I can think of for now. I will try and keep up.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Tomorrow...
>>Tomorrow starts school. The last two days have been teacher workdays/meetings. I have recieved 2 new students during this time, 1 of which I had no idea what to do with. (I figured it out though, even though it messed up my schedules) I have met both my new I.A.'s and they will do wonderful even if they are scared. I got, 90% of what I wanted done. I threw away 4 boxes of trash (not to mention the 6 trash cans) and sent to our district office 5 boxes of old curriculum, but I still have way too much. I learned that Jamie will not be returning this year for school, so I am guessing that he is doing well with his aunt and uncle. Is it wrong that I miss my kids? I miss the ones I didnt know were leaving and that just never showed up. I want a good-bye. I want to know their excuse is that they are moving to high school not that they moved and were never heard from again.
>>I will survive. More info tomorrow.
>>I will survive. More info tomorrow.
Monday, June 6, 2011
3
>>Three days left. Tomorrow is our last full day really, Wednesday are picnics, and thursday is a half day with graduation at night. Jamie's uncle who has custody came into class this morning to full me in with the plan, but also to express how amazing I am. He said how he def. could not have survived this year without me, and I have been amazing. He asked me if this was a new career for me, and I said yes it's my first year, and he made a comment about how easy it must be for me to get emotionally attached. I care a lot about Jamie, and we have been through way to much this year, but I felt like it was cheapened when he made that comment. (does that make sense?) LIke, oh, if I had been a teacher long, maybe I would have gone to court with him while he was getting taken away from his mom? Or maybe I wouldnt have taken him out so many times when he was at the children's shelter over christmas vacation? I'm not sure what he meant. But, it meant a lot for him to acknowledge how much we've done and helped with jamie this year. He said that Jamie may not be coming back this year, which is really really sad for me, but prob for the best. I do not know what to think.
Quotes:
Sam: (while looking through the yearbook) I don't really like that girl. I just wanna fix her face.
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Carl: I swear he has a swat sign on his wall (he meant swastika)
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Aide: Why would you cheat at this game! You cant grab whatever card you want! You have to take the top...
Carl: (while he is taking out his phone) Hold on.. let me record this.
Quotes:
Sam: (while looking through the yearbook) I don't really like that girl. I just wanna fix her face.
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Carl: I swear he has a swat sign on his wall (he meant swastika)
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Aide: Why would you cheat at this game! You cant grab whatever card you want! You have to take the top...
Carl: (while he is taking out his phone) Hold on.. let me record this.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Funny Quotes
A few funny quotes from the today:
Paul: (very beginning of the day) Uh oh! Miss Thompson my meds havent kicked in!
Sam: Phillip Is like a thief! He's a grave robber!!!
Me: a what?! a grave robber? Phillip are you a grave robber?
Phillip: NO! its Grace!
Me: (Marcus hands me his cell phone and asks me to hold onto it) Wow Tucker this is a fancy phone. Did you get it for christmas?
marcus: Noo.. I didnt.
Me: just for a present?
Marcus: Noo.. I got it for cutting my afro off.
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>>Jaime in foster care had a meeting with family members yesterday to decide where he will be placed. He came to school a mess today expressing how the entire time was spent fighting and arguing. I saved time at the end of the day to talk with him about how things went, and what he thought. He's in a tough stop. He has uncles and estranged sisters, and a drug addict mom all telling him to choose a different place. He told me that it's hard because many of the places that are good for him would cause him to have to go to another school and he doesn't want that. I attempted to explain how we are in his life for a long time, and if the place he goes he is safe and happy then thats the best place and we will still be around to make sure he's well taking care of. He told me he wishes I could pick for him, and he's having a difficult time not getting stressed and having a hard time controlling his emotions. Again, I had to express to him that he needs to use his relaxation techniques that he used in therapy to calm down and that I am always just a phone call away. He can always call if he needs to talk or vent or even just relax. This kid pulls on my heart strings daily. I know he gets more attention then others do and I feel guilty but how can i just let him think that he doesnt have the support he needs. I do like to think that if it was any of my students I would be acting exactly the same, and I'm sure I would. It's still hard. I worry about him everyday.
Paul: (very beginning of the day) Uh oh! Miss Thompson my meds havent kicked in!
Sam: Phillip Is like a thief! He's a grave robber!!!
Me: a what?! a grave robber? Phillip are you a grave robber?
Phillip: NO! its Grace!
Me: (Marcus hands me his cell phone and asks me to hold onto it) Wow Tucker this is a fancy phone. Did you get it for christmas?
marcus: Noo.. I didnt.
Me: just for a present?
Marcus: Noo.. I got it for cutting my afro off.
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>>Jaime in foster care had a meeting with family members yesterday to decide where he will be placed. He came to school a mess today expressing how the entire time was spent fighting and arguing. I saved time at the end of the day to talk with him about how things went, and what he thought. He's in a tough stop. He has uncles and estranged sisters, and a drug addict mom all telling him to choose a different place. He told me that it's hard because many of the places that are good for him would cause him to have to go to another school and he doesn't want that. I attempted to explain how we are in his life for a long time, and if the place he goes he is safe and happy then thats the best place and we will still be around to make sure he's well taking care of. He told me he wishes I could pick for him, and he's having a difficult time not getting stressed and having a hard time controlling his emotions. Again, I had to express to him that he needs to use his relaxation techniques that he used in therapy to calm down and that I am always just a phone call away. He can always call if he needs to talk or vent or even just relax. This kid pulls on my heart strings daily. I know he gets more attention then others do and I feel guilty but how can i just let him think that he doesnt have the support he needs. I do like to think that if it was any of my students I would be acting exactly the same, and I'm sure I would. It's still hard. I worry about him everyday.
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