school daze 2.0

Well, the school year officially starts tomorrow. Today we were allowed to get in our rooms to move furniture and unpack boxes since we moved into the wrestling room as a result of building construction.

Teacher: (after putting up cubicle dividers with an approximately 24″ opening as an entrance) I want to be able to see the door from my desk, because I want to see my kids come in. But I don’t want to see everyone else’s kids come in. That’s distracting. And I don’t want my kids to be able to see the door.
Me: Well, maybe we ought to move your classroom to the side of the room away from the door.
T: Don’t even start with me! I want this side of the room and I get it my way!
M: Um, ok. I’m just saying that legally the students have to be able to enter your section of the classroom through an opening in the dividers larger than two feet.
T: Oh, yeah? Well, who says that?!
M: The fire marshal.
T: Like he’s ever going to come in here and check. Who cares.
M: It’s really not safe.
T: Well, thanks for nothing! Get out of my space. … You two guys! Come over here and move these boxes, because I’m certainly not going to.

Other things overheard during the day:
While reading through a list of students, another teacher aide commented, “I just don’t get why these parents give their kids names like Sun Yoo Kim. I mean, seriously. Who can even pronounce that? Or Ahmed. That sounds like a terrorist name. Ok. Next on the list is Sharmecia Johnson. That’s pretty.”
More from the Teacher… “Ok, I have just got to get these people to move all this stuff. I can’t picture things where I want them until they are where they should be.  That’s because of my spatial disability.  Where did all those people go who are supposed to be moving my stuff?”