Quotes of the week...

at 10/24/09 12:16PM

1. WHEN ASKING 1ST GRADERS WHAT THEY WILL BE FOR HALLOWEEN...

K: "Ok, we are going to go down the line and say what we will be for halloween."

children: "Princess, ninja, incredibles, snow white, etc...etc..., two headed dragon with a cigarette, princess, ninja, incredibles"

K: "Remember kids, smoking is bad."

2. WHEN ASKING ANOTHER GROUP OF 1ST GRADERS WHAT THEY WILL BE FOR HALLOWEEN...

K: "Ok, we are going to go down the line and say what we will be for halloween."

children: "princess, ninja, incredibles, snow white, etc...etc..."

A: "black guy with a knife"

K:"Like a ninja?"

A: "nope"

K: "like a pirate?"

A: "nope"

K: (names of everything she can think of that could be a black guy with a knife)

A: says "nope" to everything

K: "hmmm"

3. CONVERSATION WITH A VERY INQUISATIVE 2ND GRADE BOY ON THE PLAYGROUND...

J: "Ms. Winters, do you have any daughters?"

K: "no"

J: "Do you have any sons?"

K: "no"

J: "hmm...Are you married?"

K: "no"

J: "Awe" (says with sad face), "Well who do you live with?"

K: "My parents."

J: "So you're a teenager?"

K: "no"

J: "Well it's safe to stay with your parents."

K: "Yes it is."

LESSONS LEARNED:

1. Next year I am not going to ask students what they will be for Halloween.

2. Kid's are mean.

1) I wonder if the dragon kid was referring to this.

2) Kids are candid.

by kirbyj2 at 10/24/09 1:49PM
It is also safer to just listen cause sometimes they tell you more then you want to hear.

by nonniiam at 10/24/09 2:05PM
Haha....too funny!!

by mrs_doc at 10/24/09 6:27PM
I love my b'day gift. Thanks

by jamiemmoon at 10/27/09 3:24PM

10/01/09 1:32PM

Those little munchkins made me sick. :(

Fail them all.

by kirbyj2 at 10/01/09 2:18PM
I'm sorry.

by jamiemmoon at 10/01/09 5:32PM
boo :(
I hope you get better super quick!

by dwatkins at 10/01/09 9:39PM
Hope you feel better!

by johndavid at 10/03/09 9:25AM
Ha! Now THAT is scarry!!! I don't want to turn into a pig. : (

by upintheclouds at 10/03/09 12:07PM
John is so goofy. I miss you! I'll call you soon, love you!

by haleyalyse at 10/04/09 7:18PM
Get better!!!

by mrs_doc at 10/05/09 8:28AM
It's called first year "I'm not immune to anything but I will be next year". Hope you feel better soon.

by nonniiam at 10/05/09 4:44PM
oh Katie...I'm so sorry!

by jamiemmoon at 10/05/09 4:47PM
How are you feeling?
Better, I hope!

by mrs_doc at 10/12/09 12:45PM

Hmm...

at 08/31/09 4:07PM

I caught a kindergartner stealing strawberry milk from the lunch room today. He definately knew he was stealing. I could tell by the evil glimer in his eye. His older sister stood there and giggled.

His punishment: "don't do that again or next time you'll have to pay for it"- head cafeteria lady
I think someone might have told his teacher.

Thankyou Texas schools for supporting our future inmates!

What ever happened to shame? - oh no, wait- that hurts their self confidence and we certainly can't do that.
What ever happened to corporal punishment?- if your hand cause you to stumble, cut it off... Ok... So we can't cut the child's hand off- that might be taking it a little too far.

Something more should be done other than a figurative slap on the hand and "next time you will have to pay."

What do you think should be done?

ummm...spank em?

by jamiemmoon at 08/31/09 6:03PM
Why didn't he pay for it THIS time? If I go into 7-11 and steal something they don't say "well, go ahead, but next time you'll have to pay for it." They get my height as I walk out the door so they can give the police an accurate description.

by bringingadessert at 08/31/09 6:36PM
Well, you hafta remember it's me we're talking about, but I would have taken him by the hand and led him to an empty office with a phone in it. I would have told him that people who steal go to jail, right kid?, dialed time and temperature, and pretended to tell the policeman on the other end of the line to send a black and white, stat! When the kid started squealing like a pig, I would have explained that I was pretending, and proceeded with my lecture on the consequences of shoplifting in the cafeteria.

by kyakergirl at 08/31/09 6:42PM
hmm, all of the above.

by plato at 08/31/09 7:51PM
NO, SPANK EM

by jamiemmoon at 08/31/09 8:30PM
um... this seems obvious... no strawberry milk today for that kid.

by stina at 09/01/09 6:34AM
plus what amy said!

by stina at 09/01/09 6:34AM
Capital punishment.

by kirbyj2 at 09/01/09 7:51AM
^now there is a good idea^

by jamiemmoon at 09/01/09 11:02AM
I didn't see anything about calling the parent/parents.

by oldrupert at 09/03/09 5:41PM
no need to call...just spank them

by jamiemmoon at 09/03/09 5:45PM
I like spank them!

by angielee at 09/03/09 7:59PM
^^^^I agree completely!!!!! But then again, maybe someone should have spanked the parents, then we wouldn't be dealing with this now!!!!

by nonniiam at 09/04/09 7:03PM
^^ I meant calling the parents about the stealing. Even though the dollar amount would be small, I would tell the parents they need to pay up for the items taken.

by oldrupert at 09/05/09 10:01AM
At the first school I taught for, teachers were expected to spank their students after three strikes! I only had to spank one kid, even so, I imagine he lives off our tax dollars in a cell somewhere today.

by kyakergirl at 09/12/09 2:02PM
I saw some little kids getting into a fist fight this morning while waiting for their school bus...I didn't know what to do! Do I call 9-1-1 because kids are fighting? Do I stop and break it up? If I stop...then what? Wait for their bus with them to make sure they don't start again? Go knock on parents doors? ::sigh::

by heartsintexas at 09/17/09 1:17PM
so...any stealing going on this week?

by jamiemmoon at 09/22/09 6:55AM

FYI

at 08/11/09 8:25PM

I do not do well in a car-buying situation. The whole getting the price down part is a little much for me-I thought I was going to have a seizure.

I didn't mean for that to sound so dramatic.

by upintheclouds at 08/11/09 8:25PM
I'm not the best bargainer either. That's why I enjoyed getting my Maxima at CarMax.

by dwatkins at 08/11/09 11:22PM
:( I know the feeling!

by mrs_doc at 08/12/09 7:38AM
Buying a car?

by kirbyj2 at 08/12/09 10:00AM
I can't wait to see it! Congrats!

by jamiemmoon at 08/12/09 3:09PM
I wish you could come and visit!

Maybe when you have a long weekend off, you can come to San Antonio :)

by mrs_doc at 08/15/09 8:45PM
Take Jim with you! He is my number guy! He reads up on this and knows what the dealership pays, etc... He bargins well, I go hid!

by anutty at 08/16/09 6:31AM
how's school going so far?

by mrs_doc at 08/29/09 7:10AM