Week 6

Hi all Y'all,
Life got pretty interesting this week. One of my students called me a name somewhat worse than witch. It rhymes anyway. I was attempting to keep him on task, and well, he didn't want to be. I said "Excuse me?" with my best wicked witch imitation and he backed down. I know this student has major issues and I don't want to hurt him. He had said the word under his breath and I may have read more into what he actually said, so no referral. It was close though. After I had time to think about it I thought it was actually pretty funny. I guess my classroom management is in place.
Today the the students and I were discussing getting older and maintaining memory when I mentioned as a strategy that one continue to work using my own mother as an example of how well this has worked for her. One of the students was shocked that my mother still works, and he asked why. I answered "why not?" He asked wasn't she too old. What does that say about me? Well one of the young ladies called him down for his lack of tact and we had other things to cover. So I guess I'm old and worse than a witch. Mean on top of that, still mean and out here, bye bye.