Comments | anach: losing sympathy rapidly

anach

losing sympathy rapidly

Dec 14, 2010 14:24

so I gave you a packet that contained all your missing assignments. Then I gave it to you again. Two days before the work was due to be turned in, you asked me to give you the work again. I did (apparently I lost my mind). On the day the work was due, you asked if I could give you the work again and an extra weekend to do it (I was a big meanie and ( Read more... )

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otherdeb December 14 2010, 22:47:58 UTC

I think I get better weirdness at work than you do...

Today, the School Safety Agents asked a kid to remove his jacket, hat, and jewelry and put them through the scanning machine because he was ringing up 4 red bars on the walk-through. The kid's response: dropping trou, right there in the school lobby.

SSA's tell me it's not the first time he's dropped trou, and that he cannot be suspended for it because he's "special ed."

phillip2637 December 14 2010, 23:20:16 UTC

'he cannot be suspended for it because he's "special ed."'

Can that be translated for those of us not in an education-related profession?

(That is, what kind of 'special' gives one official permission to be a goof, and does it apply for the rest of his life too?)

otherdeb December 14 2010, 23:48:01 UTC

"Special Ed" is the label used for kids that are either learning disabled, or mentally, emotionally, or physically challenged.

In the case of a lot of the kids at my school, this means they have no anger management abilities at all (and we are talking about kids in the 14-21 age range).

anach December 15 2010, 14:41:22 UTC

yep... gotta love the anger management kids... that would be why I never got around to getting a Special Ed endorsement.

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otherdeb December 14 2010, 22:48:41 UTC

And people don't understand when folks like you and I say "You can't make this stuff up..."

peteralway December 15 2010, 00:47:35 UTC

I must say that my most annoying student in years is far less annoying.

Sheesh.

cellio December 15 2010, 03:03:24 UTC

Oy! I'm sorry. Friday can't come soon enough.

robin_june December 15 2010, 04:59:32 UTC

The retention record for those missing assignments reminds me of mortgage documentation that distressed homeowners are sending in to the big mortgage-holding banks, over and over and over again.

All falling into the same big Black Hole?

anach December 15 2010, 14:42:10 UTC

and the check was in the mail 6 months ago... I used to work for a mortgage servicer.