This past week was rough. First of all, my thyroid was seriously slacking, or I got some hormone replacement meds that were on their way out of date or something. Something! Just wasn't doing well so I ended up sleeping most of the week. Or I made cookies. No the cookies were last past week not this past week. I did work on Friday. Oh and at some point I agreed to foster a little doggie. Her name is Patches but I call her Patchy. She's practically perfect in every way.
My cat is still not amused.
Other than cat piss on the bed. Twice.
Friday was rough.
Friday was rough but not really for me, but this one little kid just absolutely lost it during 6th grade art. Tears, threats, attempts at fisticuffs, till I was just way past knowing what to do. This one was way beyond my skills as a teacher or even as a mother so I called the office and told them I was sending him to the counselor. As he was leaving (with another student to escort him) he tried to just leave out the door of the building and I told him no. I guess I should have just lined us all up, like my sister said, and we could have all walked over to the counselors office with him. Geesh. So it turned out, the secretary popped over and told me he has Autism, well, fine, great.
That's one of the reasons subs get paid so much, right? Because we know absolutely nothing about who we're coming in to teach. Here I am practically in tears watching this child cry and thinking he's suicidal and going to absolutely lose it any minute now (and still, I wonder, what is the fine line there, where do I get the right idea? I couldn't over-react to that type of behavior, and I really felt like I did fine, but for sure the kiddo went back to his "other class" and who knows what happened. His behavior wasn't rational, that's for sure, and it really stressed out his classmates. So is that his "normal" or was that still something to be alarmed about.
Classmates, I will tell you, probably all benefit from including everyone, as differently-abled as we all are, in the class, except it seems like they don't really all follow our reasoning. He had his own table apart from the other students, and he knew it. He kicked a step stool. Bump. Bump. Clang. Clang. Clang. Clang. Clang. Clang. Seriously. Acting out. I tried my very best to just not respond to his negative behavior. I brought him some paper. Some other kids said something about the way he was acting, and then he basically wigged out. He shredded the paper into a zillion people. Don't get me wrong, I like him. But what was I supposed to do about him? I feel like I was unprepared. Then since I sent him out of class, the one kid he was mad at was all stressed out about how he was probably going to get in trouble. The rest of them seemed pretty disgruntled too. It was like nobody explained about him to his classmates. Who knows. Maybe his parents wanted everybody to pretend he's just like everyone else.
I also saw this in poster form.
Till freakin midnight. At some point one of my friend's crazy foster kitties started stalking the chi-wow-wow. Oh my goodness, it sounded like the cat was killing her. The cat is a whack job, she actually chased me out of the yard (carrying the dog at that point) when I was leaving for the night. Some Peoples Kids.
4 comments:
Don't you think that if you have a "special" child in your class that you would have a Sub notebook handy for those days when you aren't gonna be there? I mean, how fair is that to anyone in the situation. Yeah, I'm not always about inclusion when it hurts the rest of the class because Johnny has special needs. Why doesn't this kid have an aide in the classroom???
Great art posters!
I am exhausted just reading about your day. I have a cat who is peeing her displeasure also...I don't know what she is displeased about but I know I should never have bought a bedspread that requires a trip to the dry cleaners.
"Um, can you get cat urine out"
Your cat might have a urinary tract infection if she isn't using her litter box. Be sure the litter box is immaculate, take her to the vet and get some antibiotics - since I am pretty sure cats aren't in the "over medicated" category you can probably get your vet to give her some just in case. The pain of urinating causes them to try and find someplace soft and comfy to pee on. Also there is Prescription Science Diet for urinary health. More expensive than regular cat food but cheaper than new carpet and a new wig from pulling all your hair out. Mine is on that and it has been a life saver. Hers AND mine.
Cat urine is mainly dissolvable by using the cat spray products containing enzymes found in the larger pet stores. I go to PetSmart or whatever and look for it in the gallon to just have around. The brand I like has a big fluffy grey cat on it. Don't use any soap products if you are cleaning the carpet, just get a flower watering can and sprinkle the enzyme cleaner into the carpet, smush it around in the carpet and pad, and let it air dry.
The stuff I wash, I spray some other type of hydrogen peroxide cleaner on it, and I wash all my stuff in the washer, including the down comforter.
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