I CANT SLEEP!!!

AHHHHHHH!

lol

SO today...

Softball was good. We did a cheer and the kids are liking it, so Im pretty stoked about that. Then when I was taking the kids into do HW, I noticed something. THere was a girl writing on the classroom wall outside. I told my class to meet me at my classroom and I went to investigate.

As soon as I got to where the girl was at, she turned and looked at me in horror. She knew she was caught. She had written "Yeah I'm Cool" on the school wall. I held out my hand and asked "where did you get this?" She handed me a blue sharpie marker and replied, "I dont know."



Hard to believe. "get up, come with me," I said, "Now tell me, where did you get this." You see, the kids at the school arent allowed to have permanent markers at all for this exact reason: Vandalism. She replied, "I found it on the floor" And this is where the rest of the conversation went.



"Where?"

"I dont know."

"Where did you find the marker?"

"On the floor."

"What floor?"

"On the floor by the teachers desk"

"WHich teachers desk?"

"I dont know."

"You dont know which teachers desk?"

"I dont know"

"You dont know whose classroom you were in?"

"No"

(Walking toward the ASP office)

"Okay, last chance [inser name] where did you get the marker?"

"Umm I think it was your classroom, Miss Corine"


Our conversation ended and I explained to Gidget, my supervisor, and Denise, one of the school day teachers, what had happened. They explained to her that "vandalism" is a serious offense and that she would be getting suspended from program. She claimed, "I didnt know I wasnt supposed to do that!" Haha yeah right.

So I went to my class to meet my softball team to do homework. I little while goes by and i slowly start noticing more blue sharpie in my classroom. On the office supply cabinent there was the same phrase "YEah I rock" and then on the classroom name sign of Element there was blue writing that said "rocks"

I went to tell Gidget and when I get there, she was talking to this girls mom. I have know her since last year and her daughters and I were pretty close. I told her what I saw and they brought the girl back in to ask her about it. HEr mom asked her if she had written anywhere else besides the one place I had sen her. she said no. Then her mom asked her to think about it really hard. She still denied it.

I told her about the other two writings I found she said "I didnt do it! Why would I do something like that?" HEr mom: "I dont know [insert name], why would you write on the wall?"

Then she confessed. She said that she didnt write on the office supply cabinet, (lies), but she did confess to writing on my posters and my cds... WHAT THE HECK!? I didnt even know about that. It had to be God that I found her and put all the pieces together... lol



Then when I went back to my room to check out the damage. On my favorite Hawk Nelson poster that I had signed by the band, she had written: "He's Hot" with an arrow to JAson Dunn. Although I would agree with her statement, I was very disappointed that she chose to vandalize on my stuff. I mean it was one thing that she was writing on school property, but now it was personal.

She drew faces on other posters of mine that I had brought from home. Drew on some of the CDs I had on the wall. Drew on the light switch, the paper towell dispenser, and other random places throughout the room. Man. I would have expected this from there students, but Im cool with this kid. We get along great as far as I know, so why would she do this to my stuff?

I guess its just a middle school thing. I mean kids do things for no reason at all. They dont think before they act. This doesnt make her decision right, but I can see where she is coming from. But gosh, I still mad that she ruined my stuff. Very mad. Mad to the point that I want to ban her from my classroom forever. I wouldnt do that, but I want to! lol.

The is the price I pay for choosing to work with these little brats, but even though somtimes they drive me crazy and I wanna killem, at the end of the day I love these kids and the sacrifice is worth it.

=]