Detention Detention!

3 kids in Detention today.

One claims he didn't do anything. He says he accidentally fell on a kid's leg and they took the other kid's word that he did it on purpose. Who knows, it may be true. This kid apparently hasn't been in trouble since the 6th grade. The other kid apparently has a parent on the PTA board. If it's true this is very unsettling, if it's not then he's lying. A delimma to put on the backburner I suppose.

One kid is in detention for horseplaying and insubordination. She's doing pretty well except that with one of the other girls in the room, they are playing aroudn too much...unfortunately this means I'm going to have to give a bad report. That sux for me. This job is a hard one only for the fact that authority is so kind of hard to have. How does one balance how much to press they authority?

Lastly, a girl slapped a boy because he was annoying her. I mean....wow.....dejavu. I did this too. Same grade and everything. Except, he punched me in the stomach after i grabbed him. We didn't get detention, we got suspension, a whole day. I never did it again, but this kid is trouble. Real trouble. She gets suspended all the time, she thinks causing trouble is nothing. It really truly bothers me. She's got a troubled family life, but hey, most people do these days, so its no excuse.

TGIF

It's Friday! This marks the end of my second week!

So some highlights of this week:

• A student is now calling me Mrs. John Wall
• The students whom I have given advice seem to be taking it.
• I only had to take one group of students to the office today

I just want to say, the slapping game, where you slap each other's hand until one of you gives up or you bleed is the stupidest game ever. The only game worse is the punching game! Whoever invented it or started it was an idiot. Kids do not need more ways to boast and be cool. Often being COOL is what gets people killed. It disgusts me.

The Start of a New Adventure

Hello!

So, I've started a new job as school security at a middle school. I thought I would share my adventures with you as a way to stay sane. It's been a week and a half and already I know I need to put my thoughts down somewhere or else. It is also a great way to share the interesting things that go on in my life as security without having to recount my stories repeatedly. Here's something interesting that has happened so far:

• A bunch of eighth graders asked me if I was Bi-curious...I was a little shocked at that one. I didn't even know what bi-curious, or any of that was in the Eighth grade...seriously...kids are knowing things at such a young age nowadays.

So far, I've had to take 3 kids to the office today, spent nearly the whole day talking to kids who were acting up and because of the beautiful weather, the kids were rambunctious in lunch today. Phew, what a job. But I'm loving it.
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Update: 7:55PM

So, wow...already an update. But I needed to add what happened after I wrote this post.

I was working crosswalk duty outside, several HS students from the local HS came to "pick up" their girlfriends and siblings. Several of them were students I had never seen before. The bell rings and they head to the door. Guess what? A Fight breaks out. Yup...YAY for my second week!

But I guess this is part of the job right? Silly teenagers think they're big and bad and need no rules, so they act out. Oh well...BTW...not the same thing as the previous targeting and fight.

It must be the full moon, because as far as I can tell, this usually doesn't happen, so they tell me.