Random Stuff--April

So every month we do a "character trait" which is suppose to define certain words and traits for our kids.  This past month (March) was "perserverance", and I did like the kids did and produced a poster for it.  This was my poster, and it contains things like the definition, as well as things that I am perserving with--such as trying to get to work on time.  I liked doing this, because it gave me a break on doodling.  It also gave me a bit of strength to keep going on with this blog.

See, either no one reads this blog, or at least no one comments on it, so lately it's been hard for me to come home, scan in the doodle then try and blog about the happenings of the day.  So today (4/14/14) I am perservering and updating the damn blog....lol.  So here are the doodles....

So this is the 3-26 doodle...and as you can see, it was done around the time of the zip-line trip.  The day we went was a great day, I've already bragged on my boys, but really I had a lot of fun, the boys did too, so i had to do a doodle about it.  And you may see something about me screaming, or special ed para's being special...because I screamed and para's are special!!...lol, on to the next.

So after our field trip zip-lining, we went on break for a week and a day.  I say a day because I got a ride to go on Monday, because I found out my DUI case was fucked and I'm not suppose to drive.  However Tuesday we talked about affirmation statements, which was great!  We went around writing down positive affirmation statements about each other.  It was nice; one of the boys put down that "my boots were thoughtful"...I thought it was classic so I put it in my doodle.  BTW...if you want to use my doodle for a screen saver or anything like that....please do, we all need confirmations in our affirmations.

Forgive me for putting two days on one, but I got an assignment from my teacher to do some grades, so I was mostly doing that for these two days.  However IDK was the phrase of those days, so thats what I put in and put down.  I did get some insight about some of the suspects that I had about the room....thats why there is a note about the politics of the room....boys that look like me will always be profiled...just sayin

So apparently Friday was poetry day, I don't think its a
good piece, but sometime you gotta go thru some shit to get somethin good.



Dear me; you
are still the greatest
on this hater filled
Friday. Even if
my paranoid feelings
are false; any great-
hood is not. It's
like team teacher
vs. me & I
play shadows & back-
grounds in order
to blind the barrage
of bullies who pose
as educators--provokers
of pre-pubescent
adolescents. Bout done
w/the lessons & politics;
puffed up chests & egos
that need to be arrested--
(use as much force as necessary)
It's like they love givin' grief
to little black boys; then I
have to be that buffer for
anger b/c what child
can lean when their
chest is on fire--
Do I deserve another year?

Today was a good day, not a Ice Cube Good Day, but a decent day.  Granted we did have a little shovin' goin' on between two boys, but I think we're at the time of year to let em do them, be them and handle their consequences.  They were pretty defiant, that's why it's getting majority doodle, but all in all, nothing that we haven't faced all through the year and in life--so eh.

Hope you enjoyed the doodles and what-not.  But if not, then please leave a comment--change only comes when you ask or demand it.  I'm bold enough to remind you of that, if you're reading this....duccies