This past week has probably been one of the worst weeks I’ve had as a teacher. I worked 17 hours on Monday, had my observation/evaluation on Tuesday, and was punched in the face on Friday. I don’t even want to go into it any farther because I know the kids from my school occasionally read this site. L.P. always checks this site. If you’re there L.P. make sure you make a comment. Remember what I taught you about web safety! Don’t say anything you’ll regret. Anyways Saturday was super neat. This is what I did last Saturday:

That was a most rewarding experience. I’m too tired and lazy from the week to blog more.

When I was in 4th grade, slap bracelets were insanely popular. I specifically remember my step dad laughing at the “fad” and becoming indignant. “They’re just a fad”, he said. “Be able to see past it.” “They’re here to stay. You don’t understand. They’ll be around.”

Anyway, my mom saw some investigative journalism story on Hard Copy about how some kids cut their wrists and ended up at the hospital because of slap bracelets. Well, being that my mom was the principal of a k-6 elementary school, she of course had to ban them. “I love kids and their safety!!!” The kids hated me. I still haven’t been able to see a slap bracelet (it does happen quite often) without thinking back to Heather Thomas telling me I was a nerd for wearing suspenders and sports goggles and that my mom was a b**** for banning slap bracelets.

I really was so naively happy back then.