If you're a bird, I'm a bird

I've been wanting to write for a while. I feel like I start every blog like that. It's true. Everyday I feel like I need to journal so I don't complain on FB. Just like everything else in life; there is never enough time. I take that back. It's just a matter of prioritizing what time we do have. I had two students stealing Friday. One, six Band-Aids! The other took someone else's library book from their desk and put it in their backpack. The Band-aid boy said repeatedly, "They were just lying there." I replied, "That doesn't mean they are free. We need to figure this out before you end up somewhere" (because this is the 4th known incident with this kid). Another kid responded, "Yeah, in jail!" I have a 9-day break from school- Thanksgiving break. I am thankful for it! I am settling in and enjoying my job...finally. All the changes at once were rough on me emotionally-a new baby, the move, and a new school/district. With changin...

I attended private school up until middle school. When I was in the 7th grade, I was told that I was going to be homeschooled. I remember feeling sad because I had to say good-bye to my friends that lived about 30 miles away. See, up until a few years ago I thought I was being homeschooled because I was being bullied by some girls that were a grade older than me. They used to follow me around during lunch and recess. My friends and I would sneak off to eat and they would find us or wait outside of the bathroom for us to come out. My friend told the teacher on one of them for "Christmas treeing" on her standardized test. The bullying got so bad that they threatened to slit my throat by making hand motions of a finger going across their neck. It was rumored that one of them was carrying a knife in her bra. Let me remind you that this was a private, CHRISTIAN school. These girls were my mom's former students. She used to have them over for sleep-overs. Since my mom was a tea...