I try to find something to like in all my pupils but some of them make it very difficult. There's a girl in my year eleven class who I just cannot get along with.
She had her phone out in today's lesson (not a rarity unfortunately) and when I asked her to hand it over she was argumentative. She'd never get away with impersonating Catherine Tate because she always looks extremely bovvered. She was adament that it was really important to send this particular text. I had to get a little back-up courtesy of an older teacher. This other teacher took her out of my lesson to sort it out and justice was served with her phone (and also her belt) sent up to the Head's secretary's office.
And what was so important that she had to send the text? She'd slept with her friend's boyfriend (at twenty years old he's closer to my age than hers) and was trying to find out if they were still friends. I'm guessing not. What I find utterly baffling is that this guy would want to sleep with her anyway. He has a girlfriend and he's prepared to blow it for someone who is unattractive, unlikeable in the extreme and let's not forget underage.
Equally baffling is why someone would kick up a fuss over having their phone confiscated with parents' evening less than a week away. It's just not good sense.
2008-10-10 @ 19:42