This was my very first greeting of the day today! Isn't that great? This particular girl then proceeded to tell me the tale of how she'd had her tonsils removed and it made her sick, and her throat hurt and her nose hurt and her stomach hurt and she'd thrown up yesterday and maybe she felt like she would again, and yesterday her babysitter had to rub her back and stomach because it hurt so much but now it hurts more! Oh my. I asked her why she came to school if she was that bad. She said her mom said she had to because you're only allowed 14 absences (or what?) and she'd already had 13. I told her to just tough it out for a while and we'd see how it went. After nearly an hour she was still complaining so I relented and sent her to the office. She came back about 20 minutes later and told me they'd called her mom and she'd said that the girl was fine. So she was stuck with me for the rest of the day looking like death warmed over.
The rest of the class made up for her catatonic state though. They were very loud and prone to not listening to me. I gave a couple of lectures on respect. I even bribed them with game time at the end of the day if they could prove they deserved it by doing their work staying under control. It should have worked wonderfully, and I thought it was going to for a while. But they, shall we say, fell off the wagon? The last half of the day was easily the hardest. They didn't get game time. But hallelujah! I made it to the end of the day. And tomorrow, I'm heading off to one of my favorite schools (where I was requested!) and am anticipating a much better day. :)
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Congratulations on surviving a tough day. Sometimes that's the best you can hope for. I can't believe that girl's mother making her be in school if she was still sick. Sad. Hope tomorrow is much more enjoyable. It's Friday so that helps. Love you!!! MOM
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