Like the classic Beatles song, it seems like I have a revolving door in my classroom. The minute that I get one student back from suspension or illness, another one or two go.
Yesterday, I had a new low-light. I already had two students gone for fighting (for the second time), and K decided to threaten a fellow teacher. It was in SFA class, and he apparently decided to tell his teacher that he knew where she lived and threatened to shoot her. I was not there for this incident, but I am not at all surprised. K has threatened me, telling me that he planned to get his cousin to come beat me up for a low grade. Anyway, I guess he got a ten day suspension, which is a curse but a blessing. I find it hard to find the balance, because K is so disruptive, but now he’ll miss the rest of our prep for the MAP test, so basically he’ll return and have to take this massive test. I’ll be sending homework home with his brother, but he hasn’t done any of my homework this year, so I hope there is a change…
