I was attempting to post a comment to a blog about teen sexuality in Young Adult novels, but the comment wouldn’t post. So I’m putting it here instead. The original post can be found here: http://misssnarksfirstvictim.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-ya-and-teen-sexuality.html This is the third post I have seen in a week about Teen sexuality in YA so I ...

On the Wednesday before the last week of school I spent my after lunch sitting in the hallway crying while my class played on the internet. All year long I have busted my butt with the 25 book campaign, making awards, trying to convince our hard headed principal that we needed positive reinforcement, etc. I asked for help and the principals ...

People suck. You just have to deal with it and move on. There is nothing you can do about it. It’s sad. Sometimes people start off as your friend and betray you. Sometimes you can’t trust anyone and you get hurt. It’s completely solitary and alone because you have to be careful of what you say and who you say it to, or if you don’t say ...

In the following video, a Houston teacher beats the crap out of a 6th grade boy. Part of me is like OMG THAT IS SO WRONG! IF I WAS A PARENT I’D BE SO ***! Part of me has wanted to do to this children when they drive me crazy. Ahem, like the girl who went to the board of education director and lied about me and then destroyed my property and ...

First I want to say a HUGE thank you to all those that have commented on me being sick yesterday and earlier this week. I know those posts lack substance, but I feel like the craziness I am faced with should be chronicled when at all possible. I am currently sitting in second hour, formerly known as the *** class, but we get along now and it’s ...

They let me leave during 6th hour and got me a sub for seventh hour because my fingers were blue. A woman went in labor during first hour and they wouldn’t let her leave till lunch. A second stink bomb, which is totally anticlimatic and disappointing, went off and my throat closed again. Seeing me struggling to breathe, they let me go. So I ...

1. One of my administrators is absolutely ridiculous. I would link except the whole I’m lazy thing. Look at my administrator tag for real. She is aloof to say the least. During our mandatory state testing training she went on for 30 minutes (!) about her philosophies of a principal and how they promoted her ideals blah blah. She randomly ...

Sixth grade teachers in my building gave “bad” children laxatives as punishment. The 6th grade former principal is now in charge of testing and called us in during our planning periods to insult and yell at staff and discuss her agenda. it was awkward and annoying to say the least. Comments included “Your questions are off topic and I don’t ...

Sveral staff members are praying that Steven doesn’t get a job so we stay in Oklahoma. Blah! Volleyball games are hilarious especially when someone tries to make a one handed save and is like oh in the most incapable girl way. My two biggest enemy staff members are going to the conference in fl and I’m like aaah! People are being stupid and ...

One of my students is developmentally more immature than the rest. She’s smart and funny. I love her. She is just very black and white, right and wrong, can only have one friend at a time. She’s currently fighting with some girls because she says that one spends more time with her boyfriend because they eat lunch together. The two friends ...