My Own Private Nuthouse

Student: "I feel like I am asking a lot of questions."

Me: "Good.  If you guys don't ask questions then I am just going to wander around the room and talk to myself."

Bag o' crazy

In an alternative school there are many students who appear suddenly and randomly and then disappear in a similar fashion.

We had one particular student who showed up on her first day with a grocery bag filled with at least 50 lighters.  When questioned she say, "In case I need one."

Several weeks later she started talking about being followed by unmarked vans.  She stopped showing up to school shortly after.  I heard that she had been picked up by the police and brought to an institution, but part of me still entertains the idea that she was correct.

Sometimes I would like a dull moment.

We have a student group of upperclassmen that work with the freshman to try and get them adjusted to being in high school.  Today three student came to talk to my homeroom.

We were trying to play a game in the hallway, but my students kept wandering off, not paying attention and (literally) screaming while flailing their arms.

Upperclassman: "How often are they like this?"
Me: "Always"
Upperclassman: "How do you deal with this?"
Me: "One day at a time..."

Crazy

Student: "I'm goin' crazy!"

Me: "I have been there for a while."

Student: "Probably about four years, right?"

Me: "Coincidentally that is how long I have been teaching."