One of my students stole an iPod from another kid's locker. I'm unsure whether the locker was just accidentally left open or if he had the combination, but there was no doubt who did it.
That isn't going to stop the kid from lying and telling the principal that he didn't do it. So the principal goes for a walk with him to the locker. The kid and the principal are standing in front of the locker that the iPod was taken from. The principal then says, turn around, and they both turn 180°. The principal then looks up at the ceiling in the hallway, and tells the kid, "Smile and wave!"
It amazes me that kids still have no idea that there are security cameras all over the school.
A couple of weeks ago a kid denied having anything to do with kicking a hole in a bathroom door despite being on tape. Even after being told that he was on tape and the other kids acknowledging what happened, he still was in complete denial.
Sometimes I Don't Know If I Should Laugh Or Cry
First, a little intro...
In Minnesota, students are allowed to go to any school that they choose to provided that there is enough room at the school and they can provide their own transportation. So we get a lot of kids during this "school choice" time of year that "shadow" a student for a day to see what school is like. Well, usually so that they can skip their own school for a day (or two or three depending on how many schools they would like to go to). One of these "shawdows" this week came from a private Catholic school and was with a ninth grader of mine.
Right after lunch, three (previously undiagnosed) bulemic students of mine decided that their lunch was no longer needed in their stomachs. Two more of my students - how should I write it? - went to the bathroom "for support". The shadow from the Catholic school was there as well. All six in one stall, three of them puking. What a scene that had to be. I'd love to know what this child went home and told mom and dad about their trip to the public school for a day.
The English teacher on the team went into the bathroom to get their names - since the bathroom was across the hall from my room, she passed me on the way back up saying, "Watch who comes out of the bathroom....twelve feet in one stall." I did watch for a moment, but didn't want to leave my class alone for too long. Besides, I had no idea what she meant at the time, and I certainly didn't want to know which six of my students it was if they were having some weird sex thing.
If there is anything funny about the whole story, it is this: the kids in the stall together may not have been caught if it wasn't for a parent who happened to have to use the bathroom. Upon leaving the bathroom, she said to the first adult she saw (who happened to be an assistant principal), "There are six girls in one stall". The principal smiled and said, "You're hired!"
In Minnesota, students are allowed to go to any school that they choose to provided that there is enough room at the school and they can provide their own transportation. So we get a lot of kids during this "school choice" time of year that "shadow" a student for a day to see what school is like. Well, usually so that they can skip their own school for a day (or two or three depending on how many schools they would like to go to). One of these "shawdows" this week came from a private Catholic school and was with a ninth grader of mine.
Right after lunch, three (previously undiagnosed) bulemic students of mine decided that their lunch was no longer needed in their stomachs. Two more of my students - how should I write it? - went to the bathroom "for support". The shadow from the Catholic school was there as well. All six in one stall, three of them puking. What a scene that had to be. I'd love to know what this child went home and told mom and dad about their trip to the public school for a day.
The English teacher on the team went into the bathroom to get their names - since the bathroom was across the hall from my room, she passed me on the way back up saying, "Watch who comes out of the bathroom....twelve feet in one stall." I did watch for a moment, but didn't want to leave my class alone for too long. Besides, I had no idea what she meant at the time, and I certainly didn't want to know which six of my students it was if they were having some weird sex thing.
If there is anything funny about the whole story, it is this: the kids in the stall together may not have been caught if it wasn't for a parent who happened to have to use the bathroom. Upon leaving the bathroom, she said to the first adult she saw (who happened to be an assistant principal), "There are six girls in one stall". The principal smiled and said, "You're hired!"
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