One, this is a quote I came across recently and I think it has a lot of meaning for all of us -
Life's not about expecting, hoping, and wishing, it's about doing, being and becoming.
It's about the choices you've just made, and the ones you're about to make, it's about the things you choose to say - today.
It's about what you're going to do after you finish reading this.
~ Mike Dooley
Two - I am trying to teach my kids about continuity and change. This is a new unit we have started and I am supposed to teach them about types of change and the ways things stay the same. This is difficult because it is personal. I can't seem to teach it without it being personal. Change is hard and as hard as I think my life is, their life is harder, ten times harder. They are in gangs, drinking, doing drugs, having sex. Not all of them but enough that it effects the climate of our school everyday. These kids move every six months and transfer schools more than that. These kids don't know the meaning of a stable home life let alone one that speaks all one language. These kids have it harder than I ever did and once again I am learning that they have more to teach me than I have to teach them.
Three - this one is funny. Awhile back the kids were really stuck on me not having a boyfriend and eating meals alone and grocery shopping alone. I know it seems harmless but they are relentless. So one day I kind of snapped and made up a boyfriend. His name is Caleb and he lives in Michigan so it works out that he doesn't actually exist. For the most part it is a nonevent in my life but some days all they want to talk about is Caleb. So I learned a very valuable lesson: Do not lie to 7th graders unless you are prepared to send yourself flowers and pose for photos with some random guy that they will never, ever, meet. Good night all and please don't ask me where I got the name Caleb, I really don't know. But in the words of one of my students, "What a cute little white name"
5 comments:
LOL! Cute little white name. Should have gone with Jorge or something:-)
Are they writing about change? Or just learning?
Like the idea of the phantom boyfriend - seems that someone else in the family had one at one point too - but he became real.... maybe there's a sign here that something is about to happen;)
So who did you actually have a picture taken with to convince them Caleb is real?
I'm a little hurt that you didn't use the name Stu. I thought that we decided this was a good name. Maybe you could tell the kids that you broke up with Caleb and then start dating Stu. He's really a good guy. --Sus
Very pretty design! Keep up the good work. Thanks.
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