Crazy Times with 7th Graders

Here's a few funny stories for your entertainment, straight from my 7th grade classroom.

Walking my kids back from the lunchroom, a boy asked to use the bathroom. I pretended to not hear him (remember when you were in school & you thought your teachers were so dumb & deaf b/c they weren't aware of everything going on around them? Now I know...they did!). I got the kids on task & they were actually quiet & doing their work. No one was off task (incredible, especially the week before we get out for Christmas break for 2 weeks!). This boy walks up to my desk & right as I look at him, he opens his mouth to talk. Only then, a fart came out! It was especially loud, since my classroom was quiet! He quickly said 'can I go to the bathroom?' & I said "yes, go! Don't worry about getting a pass!' lol I knew I could NOT look up & get eye contact with any kid b/c I would start lol, like they were. I had to turn around & walk to my file cabinet & pretend to look for a paper, while saying "be quiet!" Then a girl said "I thought it was you, MIss!" & that almost embarrassed me but I just smiled at her & rolled my eyes. As if I ever did things like that!!! So I got the kids quiet again & on task....the boy comes back from the bathroom & more giggles erupt. I was under control myself so I just gave an angry look & told them to get back to work. If only it was a 'bad boy', b/c I probably would have laughed at him, but this boy is so nice & sweet, I couldn't do it. Really, it was a miracle that happened, that I somehow had self control. Whew!

Then, in one of my worst classes, I have a boy who always wants to sit at the table right by my door, never with the class. I was passing out papers & explaining what to do. I put his papers on his assigned seat, on the opposite side of the room. I said "blah blah (I'm not using his name to protect his privacy, of course!), I have your papers here on your desk, your assigned seat". & he shook his head to me, like ok. I kept talking to the class & finally looked at him (he hadn't moved at all) & I said "blah blah, are you refusing to do today's assignment & sit in your assigned seat"? He grabbed his stuff & proceeded to stand up, while saying "God you are SO annoying!" LOL! I actually laughed at that - saying "did you just call me annoying?!" & he said 'yes' (thank you for being honest, blah blah, by the way!). I said 'ok, get your stuff & go to the office then'. After he left I told the class I didn't realize I was the one being annoying, since I was just having him do what everyone else in the class had already done. Amazing. In my 11 years of teaching, I've never been told I was annoying (not to my face anyway!).

Miss...you miss teaching in Southside, don't you???? :)))