Halloween Craziness

I'm going to toss the craziness of this week up to Halloween.

This week started with three parent conferences. We usually only have two a week. However, one parent decided to just show up without an appointment.

Being the accommodating teachers that we are, we split ourselves up and jumped back and forth between the two.

After walking them out, we were told our next appointment was running late.

THIRTY MINUTES later she shows up with less than 20 minutes remaining before we have students back in our rooms. I explain because of her tardiness we're going to have to be quick with this meeting.

She whines about having to walk up the stairs because she has asthma and might get short winded.

THEN, she proceeds to ask if she can stop and use the bathroom. 

Seriously?!?

I smile and say of course and proceed to stand in the middle of 8th graders transitioning classes while I wait on her.

When we get in the meeting, I remind her we're going to move quickly because we're short on time. She wants to know if we can wait on her daughter to get there.

I'm officially annoyed at this point and tell her no.

So, we begin the meeting, and she begins screaming at us. The screaming initially started about a flash drive that was lost and her demanding to know where it is. It only went down hill from there.

My three favorite quotes:
"You expect my daughter to come in your classroom, then go to his, then hers, then remember everything she's been taught and know how to do her homework at home that night?!"
(Yes ma'am we do.)

"I don't think you're doing a very good job. You are not working as hard as you can to help my daughter."
(Ma'am, I COMPLETELY disagree with you!)

"I'm going to talk to the principal and going downtown TODAY!"
(By all means, I'll walk you out.)

These are just the highlights. The screaming, belittling of teachers, and making excuses for her daughter despite her daughter trying to tell us she just didn't do the work went on for about 15 minutes...

Remember how she complained about the stairs before? When we left, she was practically running down the hall way, still screaming. Only this time, she was throwing in some profanity.

By this point, her daughter is more than MORTIFIED and trying to change the subject. So, she asks her mom if she brought her clothes for PE. Her mom did not and then wanted to go in the gym to talk to the gym teacher.

I nicely explained that the gym teacher was in class and she would need to schedule a time to talk with the gym teacher in the front office. While I'm saying this, she is literally opening the gym door ready to barge in. So, I walk over to try to intervene if I can. Thankfully, her daughter said, "MOM! You have to go to the office first."

So, she proceeds to barge into the front office by slinging the door wide open and yelling, "I NEED TO SEE THE PRINCIPAL!"

At this point, everyone is looking at us. Our principal just happens to walk down the hallway. The mom sees her, yells, "Are you the principal? I need to speak with you!"

I smiled at the secretaries, said "Have fun!" and walked out!

I was furious during the meeting, but laughed about it the rest of the day. People are crazy! And, not just middle schoolers. Adults are crazy too! Sometimes I stop and ask myself "is this real life?".

Then, there's this toilet on fire!

 Haha...I had students draw a picture and then figure out the percent of each color. Let's be real, 7th graders are crazy too...toilets on fire?

Yesterday, a student said, "Mrs. Snyder, I just realized your name rhymes with spider!"  (...okay...)

We ended the day with 3 fights on our team during one class. THREE FIGHTS. IN THE SPAN OF ONE HOUR!

It should be illegal to have Halloween on a Friday!

And last and somewhat normal, we got school pictures back this week!

Happy Halloween from the craziness of middle school!

Bring on the Christmas music!