Preparing Myself

I'm preparing myself this morning for the shit show I'm going to be faced with when I get to school today. I'm sure I'll have lots of notes from the sub about how awful my kids were. And really it's these freshmen. They're just a bunch of immature, nasty, racists. Before I went to bed last night I checked my email (mistake #1) and saw I had one from a senior who's in my 3rd and 4th periods. He sent the email to me, the principal and VP in charge of freshmen. Basically, he just voiced his concern about the behaviors in the class and lack of discipline while I was out. Most concerning of all, however, was that he mentioned one student using racial slurs, including the n-word. It's so disheartening. What I'd like to happen is that the principal and VP come into my room and crack some skulls (with words). I'd like them to come in and put the fear of God in them. Fuck I hate these mother fucking freshmen. 

What I'd really like to do is ask these ignorant freshman, "What makes one person better than another?" Because I guarantee anything they say, they aren't. Unless they say that skin color matters, which I'm sure they wouldn't have the balls to say but certainly think. Assholes. There's something about this class of kids; I'd heard how awful they are, how mean. Now I'm seeing it for myself. Not to generalize but the stories are proving true. 

Here's the thing that I'm confused about: The kid who wrote the email? His finger pointing was to a student who is not white. I don't know what his background is but he has the coloring of someone from Samoa (and he's about 6' 4"). Interestingly, the kid who sits behind the kid who wrote the email is the know racist. He got suspended a couple times last year for spouting off the n-word. I don't know. I hate that I have to continually deal with this type of person/people. It should be, no more than 3 strikes you're out. Ugh! 

In other news, I feel pretty good. I still have a constant headache and a slight cough but my throat doesn't hurt and my sinuses are pretty clear. I slept well last night too. I'll take some medicine on my way to work while I sip my smoothie. I don't like taking cold medicine on an empty stomach. It makes me jittery. 

BTW - aside from walking the boys and taking a bath yesterday, I literally laid in bed all day. I watched "Unknown Number: The High School Catfish", and I'm almost finished with Click Bait. The catfish doc was fucked up. People be whacked! Click Bait is good but a little contrived and some of the acting isn't great...but it's good, mindless telly. 

Dinner tonight: I'm going to make a lemon chicken with gnocchi and broccoli. 

I got a call from my dentist to reschedule my tooth implant. It was supposed to be on the 15th but I had to change it to the 22nd. No big deal except that I had to fix that in the sub app for school. And now I have another full 2 weeks where I have to go to work. 

And that's it. I guess I should get a move on so I can see what kind of crap I've got to sift through today. Thank the baby Jesus it's already Wednesday.