Thom Yorke: who I want to name my child after!

If you don't know this man, why not? I've decided that if I have a boy I kind of like the name Thom or Yorke for that matter; depends on how 'original' Jeff wants to be!

The end.

Funny things part duece

Last night was our first football game, naturally being the junior high cheer coach this means I had to attend. Not only did I realize that I TOTALLY miss watching football, outside under the stars with the smell of nachos floating about me, but I got to hear a lot of silly stuff my students say when they aren't in school.

Me: Oh my gosh girls we have our own flag!
Girl #1: Coach T that was the stupidest thing I ever heard.
Me: Watch what you say I'm also your English teacher...
Girl # 2: OMG we have a flag!
Girl #1: Coach just said that, are you going to fail me?

Other things:

1. We totally just talked about how weird the new kid is and his parents are sitting right in front of us, what should we do????

2. I will be Mrs. Nick Jonas someday.


Me: LADIES, we just scored that means you should cheer!!!
Girls: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH right!!

I'm sure to most people these things aren't terribly funny but you really have to hear how my students say them, sometimes their inflection just makes whatever they say sound hilarious! I've grown quite fond of my students as of late, I think I'm in a good place, of course there are always exceptions but you'll never hear about those....hopefully.

Funny things student say

1. Are we going to be able to use our notes on this quiz? (When we just discussed nearly every question on the quiz before they were handed out)

2. Are you having a bad day Ms. Tutwiler? Is it because we never shut up?

3. So this one time (add in any random story you could ever think of)....that's a true story I swear!

4. WHERE IS THE HAND SANITIZER????? It smells like fruit loops! Can I have some? No really, where is it? You hid it, WHY? I just want one squirt ONE!


And more to come as the year progresses....yes, the hand sanitizer comment did happen...it happens every day.

I'm better than you

Tomorrow is the first day of school, for public school kids that is...it will be my second full week! Which is why I'm better than you, no not better than the one person who reads this blog because let's face it she's awesome!
I'm better because....
1. I've already graded homework assignments for 3 different grade levels
2. I've already planned tests for next week
3. I've had to move kids from one side of the room to the other...because of discipline issues

Basically....I'm amazing. I have done a great job of teaching my students BUT I still have a long way to go...and I mean a long long way. A lot of my students think they can talk and disrupt class without getting in trouble, and that is my fault...but that's changing this week. I've lost my voice so that I sound like a man...There is a lot of adjustment to be done...which means I'm really not any better than you.

ANYWAY
I need to stop hanging around with couples...or seeing couples, I really need to be agoraphobic. Everytime I see a couple my heart cringes, it's that kind of cringe you get when you see that guy who broke your heart with the girl who has a better everything than you...ugh! I feel broken hearted and I haven't even been broken up with....that does make sense I promise. I know I have Jeff, but now that our conversations are becoming less frequent and I haven't seen him since the beginning of May I'm starting to feel REALLY lonely. Don't get me wrong, I love him and nothing is ever going to change that...I'll wait for him to come home, we'll get married and have lots of babies but it's just hard to live day to day without the person you love. Sad day.


Enough of that.

God Forbid

I was watching 20 Most Shocking Unsolved Crimes and as I learned about Jon Benet Ramsey, DB Cooper and how (sadly) we got the Amber Alert there it was: Anthrax. Now for some crazy republicans this would send shivers down their spine and some words like "Thank God George Bush declared this war on terror or else we'd all have the anthrax!" would be uttered. And while I consider terrorism to be truly horrifying and the fact that five people died from Anthrax is no laughing matter; I heard the MOST idiotic thing EVER. Here is (and I paraphrase) what one woman dressed in a business suit I can only assume she bought at Ross said: They targeted the most important people in this country....senators and THE MEDIA!!!

THE MEDIA???? God forbid that we lose the most egotistical people on god's green/brown earth! What would we do without the media? Oh I don't know, maybe we could actually fix what's wrong with our government and the way they relay news to us? Maybe and here is a stretch we could focus on our failing economy instead of what dress the president's daughter would wear on her wedding day?! I understand the media does give us important news; soldiers fighting in a useless war, hurricanes/tsunamis/tornadoes wiping out cities all over the planet but are they really the most important people in our country?

I would hope not.

Jeff

I miss him. Everyone around me has their boyfriend/fiance/husband around them. But I don't.
I want him to come home now!





That is it.

THANK GOD that's done

First day of teaching is now done! I'm so glad that I never have to go through that again...and yeah it was only one day, but I feel like I already accomplished so much. While other people are still anticipating their first days I will be already well into my first year. And that, my friends, is a really good feeling. Nothing really extraordinary happened, no crazy student antics, no discipline issues, overall it was pretty boring. I love my 7th and 8th graders which is something that has taken me totally by surprise! These kids are just excited about everything and you think that would be a bad thing but compared to my 10th graders it isn't!!!!! My 10th graders just sat there, literally, and stared at me like I was a zoo animal. I think high schoolers are just jaded about school and they start to get in this 'I'm way too cool for this' mode. Hopefully I'll break them out of that shell because I am young and I can relate to them better than the older teachers.
It was also nice to be myself for once. Since it was my very own classroom I could be sarcastic and funny; I can implement my own lesson plans without a supervisor breathing down my neck. I really think this year will go well, even if I have to really work with my 10th graders to be more outgoing. Well.... I have some things to put together before tomorrow and I need to get some rest. I'll try to update this as much as possible but with this hectic new year I'm sure my posts will become less frequent.