Notes & thoughts on teenagers, teaching, and my day at NCAS 10-30-17

-Seniors are just as bad as freshman...or sometimes middle-schoolers

-they need to be constantly poked and prodded to complete the simplest of task

-they have to be reminded to read all the directions

-they are more attached to their phones, than their next move in life; whether job, college, next position on their mother’s couch

-where friendships are vital, but much like removing the chicken from the grease, they need to be separated for either to be any good.

-I often think of the phrase under-achieving--but some just refer to them as lazy

--they lack moral fiber, they will resort to cheating rather than being upfront and honest

-”there are very few shortcuts in life, and you can waste much of your life looking for them.”

-my goodness, is your bladder issue always that strong, or do you just need a diaper at 17

-why do you always look so surprised when eye contact is made...it’s like you’re not expecting me to survey my class

-I would like to take a poll to see how many of my students actually know the meaning of “survey”

-between the internet and netflix, the souls of our young are already decrepit

-I catch them with their phones out so much I wish their finger and thumb tips would just fall off

-sometimes they are funny, referring to their phones as their “friend” and i then have to threaten, “don’t make me take your friend”

-if they worked as hard at school, as they did on getting their hormones satisfied, there wouldn’t be an educational issue in this country.

-why does the hall smell like hot kool-aid

-credit recovery is boring, but sometimes I’m happy because it’s boring, that means students are quiet & working.

-just 6 minutes till lunch!!!!

-all of my classes are different, and the senior who sometimes wears his hat, and is allowed, now knows it.

-this is not an art class, i seriously doubt you pull out a laptop and work on credit recovery in art. so no, you can not work on that in here.

-it is sad when you give the opportunity to 3 seniors to make a good decision, but you end up having to make it for them because they can’t handle opportunities.

-i really don’t feel like doing grades tonight…

-did that child just answer his phone in my class….oh hell naw!!!!!

-at the end of the day, yes it’s worth it, but going through it, you want to cut out their tongues, snip off their fingertips, and blind them so they’ll stop looking at you crazy!  goodness, so glad monday is over!!