lufy

* JUNE 20th *

* AN UPDATE IS COMING! *

Thanks to all of you for not dropping me off your friend's lists. I am alive and well - I've just been consumed by 1) the end of the school year, 2) planning my wedding (LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AWAY!!! ), and 3) moving the rest of my crap from Philly to Wheeling and renting out my house. Yes, it's been a crazy past couple of weeks.

I haven't even checked my email since April. I probably have 100 million messages - all for dick-lengthening cream, no doubt.

I will elaborate more on my life later. I must go to bed.

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It's 3:30 AM and I'm not tired.

I have to go to work in about 4 1/2 hours.

I won't get home from work tonight until about 10PM.

What the fuck am I thinking?!

I've committed "journal-adultery". I now have an account on "MySpace". Not because I'm sick of SG (far from it) - and I NEED another online account like I need a hole in my head - but because I've found out that the majority of my students are online on MJ and I thought it might be fun to comment in their journals, etc.

So I set up an account and I'm all ready to go (I found a ton of them) and then right before I started commenting to them and requesting "friendships", I froze up. I started thinking to myself, "What if this isn't such a good idea"? I mean, these kids are online because, I assume, they want a forum where they can post their innane banter to each other without fear of adults "looking in on them". I assumed this because some of their information is rather personal - tales of them drinking/smoking/hating school/hating life/etc.

Would it be really invasive if they knew one of their teachers could very well read this stuff? I mean, it's online so it's public info. But were they expecting a bit of privacy regardless of the "reality"? Or do you think they'd appreciate interacting w/ a teacher in a non-traditional format? I have a very open relationship w/ my students - the majority of them like talking to me outside of the class. Would this be an extension of that or would this be taking it "too far"?

I want your input and advice. Let me know what you think I should do.
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Favorite student anecdote of the week

Some of my students wrote the following note to their geometry teacher (who is a born-again Christian) and left it on his desk:

Dear Mr. R--------,

It has come to my attention that this bright and cheery group of students is about to take a test for which they are not prepared. I know you want to give it to them, but I think I had better step in and drop a little knowledge. Don't do it. I'm serious. Nothing pisses me off like knowing my little lambs are about to be lead to the slaughter. Give them some more time - maybe a review sheet. Don't ignore this. Remember who's boss. I'm watching you.

Best regards,

Jesus of Nazareth



God, I love those little fuckers.