Brief Encounter
This morning before school started I told a student he had to go back to the cafeteria to hang out because the library was full, and this is exactly what he said to me:
"Ok, then please advise me on something: would it be better for me to just try to sneak in another way, or should I take this to a higher authority? Because the library doesn't look full to me."
To which I replied, "You know, if you had asked me politely if you could please use the computers this morning, I would have agreed. Instead, you're going to turn around and go back to the cafeteria anyway with a bonus of a detention from me for Monday afternoon. And you can take that up with any higher authority you wish."
That's right, punks. Don't mess with me this week. I don't care if you're in sixth grade and you're socially retarded. It's going down.
February is off to a roaring start.
7 Comments:
I love that a 12-year-old thinks that intimidation will work.
I also love that you gave him a smackdown.
1:44 PM
I dunno - the kid has some chutzpah! I kinda like his moxie.
Still, you should stomp it out of him!
1:50 PM
Just be thankful you're not this kid's parent. Just think what the future holds for them!
2:54 PM
Good for you! Sometimes I WISH I could hand out detentions to my elementary school kids!!!
5:59 AM
wow, you're like female Clint Eastwood...all dangerous and authoritative.
I bet that kid secretely has a mad crush on you now...prepare to be stalked.
8:15 AM
M- I should have. And while he was on the ground, called him "Sissy Sassafras".
W- Smackdowns are one of the perks of working in a school.
B- I don't know if it's chutzpah so much as the physical inability of his brain to process and/or filter any information from coming out of his mouth...
J- Working in a middle school is one of the more effective means of birth control available.
L- You could, but then they'd probably cry. Elementary kids are not so tough and jaded as middle schoolers.
S- There are a few kiddos that I suspect have a minor crush, it's more disconcerting than cute.
8:36 AM
What a brat!
10:45 AM
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