I wonder about my sanity sometimes, working in this job. Granted, it's rewarding & I do work with a lot of awesome people. But talk about love... you really gotta love helping people & have at least a little glimmer of love for these kids or you're totally in the wrong place. Majority of the kids (some of which are considered "behavioral" kids.. meaning they're the "problem kids" none of the other teachers want to deal with/can handle) are good kids. I see nothing wrong with them. They're pretty well-behaved around me. But there are a few kids who need a swift kick in the rear end; & it's kindda scary cause those are the "normal" kids 
. My CCC (Case Care Coordinator) came into one of the classes to ask me if I was on this kids case during summer school. I told her I didn't know if he was going to summer school, I didn't know what was going on, nobody told me anything. So she said she thinks he is & asks if I wanna continue his case. Sure.
The kid tells me he doesn't want me around all of his high school years life (that's how he says it). So I tell him, no, it's just for the summer. He says he can't go to summer school cause he needs to stay home & learn to fish. I tell him I swear he's gonna go fishing during summer school (Special Educ. Class). So he tells me no, he wants to learn to fish on a boat. I tell him he should learn to fish on land first cause it's really different on a boat. The conversation continues about learning to fish & him needing to find a boat to learn to fish on. It eventually changes to talk about something that happened on "Family Guy". Mind you, I don't watch much TV (if any at all), so whatever this kid tells me, I'm guessing is true. He's blabbing about this episode, that episode, & starts on an episode about a paraplegic police office (Don't ask. I don't know). He keeps talking. All I hear is "Blah blah blah, right Mom?" So I start busting out laughing (in the middle of a completely silent classroom, k tank you). The other two boys are looking at me like, "You okay Miss?" So I ask the kid, "Did you just call me MOM?!" Everybody started busting out laughing - all 3 boys, the teacher, & myself. The kid tries to play it off & say he was saying "Mah friend". Of course nobody believed him..... "Mom" included. I definitely needed that laugh .
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