Gangsta' Gangsta' Education

"Mr. _________ went all gangsta' on them!"

*whispered as I removed two students who were fighting from my room.*

You Know I'm Bad...

"Moonwalk your way back into class.  We still have two minutes until the bell rings."

Off to a Bad Start

One week into the semester my first hour class is missing 35 assignments.  That is an average of 1.3 assignments per person.  This could be a long semester.

No Scrubs

One of my small classes only has two guys and the rest of the class are girls.

Today the guys were listening too "No Scrubs" by T.L.C.  Both of them were singing along in unison while one of them did a little dance in his seat.

The rest of the class just stared in disbelief while I failed to control my laughter.  Neither of the guys seemed to notice.

Winter

There was strong speculation today on whether or not we would have school, but we did end up having school despite the -15 degree wind chill this morning.

Out of the 95 students on my roster I have seen 14.

Mythical Creatures

Student 1: "Hey Mr., what's a Liger?"

Me: "It's a mix between a lion and a tiger bred for its magical properties."

Student 2: "See, I told you."

Student 1: "Is it real."

Me: *uncontrollable giggling* "Sorry, I couldn't keep a straight face through that one."

Winter Break

Over winter break I saw one of my students at Target, but she didn't recognize me.  This is especially good because I had just gotten home from a nine hour car ride, I hadn't showered in over 24 hours, and it had been several days since I shaved.  I'm sure I looked like a hot mess.