Friday, November 12, 2004

Comments I Wish I Could Put On a Report Card

1. Your child is a waste of my time.
2. Your child is such a f**king loser.
3. Your child doesn't care about his/her grade, so why should I?
4. Corporal punishment needed.
5. Your child need not bother come to school. No one wants him/her here.
6. Home schooling is highly encouraged.
7. Alternative/Continuation school recommended.
8. Birth control is highly recommended for your idiot kid to prevent procreation.
9. May I whoop your child upside the head?
10. School/Classroom environment would be better improved without the presence of your moronic spawn of a child.

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Bad American

Some of you are going to be mad.

I didn't vote. I wanted to, but I couldn't leave school early enough to make it to my polling place (damn kids...).

My students were actually curious about who I was going to vote for. It's funny how they think that voting is as simple as counting ballots. They imagine that the card I punch holes on will actually have the question, "Who do you want for President: Bush or Kerry?" and that I simply check my choice. That's all they were asking me. What about the propositions? I don't know why those interested me this year.

I try not to talk about religion and politics in the classroom; those are ugly cans of worms. If I get too involved in the debate, I supposedly "taint" students by influencing or impressing my own beliefs to them, for which I can get into trouble with administrators.

FYI, I was for Bush. I have Republican tendencies, contrary to many of the Democratic-ilk of my kind, and much to the hate of my students who are young radicalist Democrats in the making.

Monday, November 01, 2004

Interesting...

"Do the chicken dance!"