“are we watching a movie today?” “j, when have we ever watched a movie in here? no, we’re not watching a movie.” “man, ms. leach you make us learn too much. i just wanna come to school and do nothing all day, you know?” “j, if school is not for learning, what is it for?”…

today A asked if she could bring in avatar for us to watch in class. i said that no, that was in no way related to anything that we were doing in class and therefore would be a waste of our very important learning time. besides, it isn’t even on dvd so, no. “yeah it…

directions: write a poem in which you use EACH of the following: onomatopiea, idiom, alliteration (two points for the correct usage of each device). answer: violets are read roses are blue this is a onomatopoeia and also a simile two if you use a idiom it helps you learn but if you don’t you will…

we went to the library today. k was asking what book he should read next and i suggested that he check out crash by jerry spinelli. i also recommended that he talk to d about it because i knew that d had just finished the book. so he did, and this is the conversation that…

since my birthday is coming up, my kids have been pestering me even more than usual to figure out how old i am. c would not stop asking me how old i was on friday. i repeatedly told him that, a) i wasn’t going to tell him and, more importantly, b) that was in no…

i encourage my students to ask me questions about college. actually i just like to talk about college basically all the time. today somebody had a college question. “ms. leach, when you were in college did you have clubs like an x box club and stuff like that?” before i answered this question, another student…

on wednesday one girl told me that i looked nice. innocent comment, one would think. one of the other girls in her class proceeded to get very mad at her, however, claiming that i looked pretty every day. they literally started screaming at each other over that….oops? also, i wore heels to school for the…

J was suspended for wednesday. this happened on tuesday, right at the end of the school day, right before he came to me for after school tutoring (because now i tutor the kids who are on academic suspension from the basketball team. it’s a blast. occasionally.) here’s a question: if a student does something that…

this isn’t really a funny thing a student said as much as it is a noteworthy thing that happened on Friday. background: B is repeating the 6th grade because he spent much of the first time around in juvie for grand theft auto. also noteworthy is B is just barely over 3 feet tall. oh…