Get... Out... Of... My... Class... NOW!!!

So, did I actually write in my last blog that I WANTED to go back to work? Well, ok, so I did, but that was because I like being around my co-workers. Today, I got to...err had to... kick my first student of 2012 out of class. My, my, what a great way to start the year. You know, I don't recall having to kick anyone out last fall. Why now?

Naturally, the nastiness started even before class began. The student asked me if I brought in the journal packets. I simply said, no, that they are in my office and she can swing by and grab one after class. She didn't like that, so I got to see her roll her eyes and sigh, "Ugggghhhh." That was just the beginning. In the next 20 minutes, she proceeded to check her cell phone, be on the computer even though we were going over a lesson and I'd asked them to just turn away for a moment, text even after I told her to put her phone away, and then announce to me and the class when I told her that if she HAD to text to go into the hall to finish, that "It ain't like we doin anythin' anyway, humpf."

Shortly after all of that, I told her to go to the hall so we could chat. There she wouldn't look at me and was so snotty. When I told her to knock off the attitude, she said, "I aint got no attitude." I figured by then, nothing I could say would change anything, so I said, "Get your things and get out of class. You're not staying here with this behavior." So, after some more pouting and stomping back in the room, giving me dirty looks, and making disgusted noises, she left. She returned about 10 minutes later, threw her paper down on the teacher's stand at the front of the room where I was reviewing the lesson, and stormed out.

Good riddance, and DO let the door hit you on the way out, please.