Today while subbing a group of students were passing around a piece of paper and tittering amongst themselves. Since they were supposed to be working on an assignment I came over and asked them to show me what they were looking at. I had assumed it was some note or some obscene illustration or something, just wanted to get them on-task. I assured them I wouldn’t be mad, just wanted to see why they were making a huge deal. Finally, they handed me the paper.
Drawn on the paper, was a drawing of me. Not in some scene of sexual congress with some equine, not getting horribly mutiliated by laser beams and knives, nope, just a simple drawing of me. They were kind of surprised that I just kind of looked at it and smiled.
Of course, for all I know that was simply the decoy illustration they gave me to distract me from the actual obscene picture they drew of me. :eek:
A student once told me that her roommate – who had me in a different section of the same class – did a really good impression of me. Naturally, the next time I saw the roommate, I asked her. Lightning fast reflexes, that kid – she came back immediately with “Impression of you? My impression is that you’re a very nice person.”
Never did find out what the impression consisted of…
You know, my friends and I mercilessly mocked the wardrobe of my 9th grade biology teacher. I imagine he might have been hurt if he ever heard us. And that would have been really too bad, because in fact I loved him and learned a lot from him, and he remains in my memory one of the best teachers I ever had.
What I’m trying to say is, don’t take it too seriously. Kids can be horrid brats, but it doesn’t mean they don’t like/respect you.
