mad.dening.

Student: "ummm soo Mrs. Jensen...I forgot my cheerleading shoes for practice last night, so I had to wear my gym shoes. And now I dont have my gym shoes for class...so I don't think I can particiapte today."

Me: "Well you're in luck - we're doing yoga today so just wear your Uggs to class, okay?"

Students: "Oh, really? Okay..."

5 seconds pass...

Student: "well actually Mrs. Jensen I have cheearleading from 4-8pm plus lots of homework and a realllly hard test tomorrow...so is it okay if I just take a no dress so that I can study?"

Me: "Nope. You cannot sit out of class to study. And even if you took a no dress, I would make you participate cognitively by writing out our yoga sequence. Go get dressed."

Next time this happens to me (which happens way to often) I plan on trying this response out:

Me: "Oh you have a lot of HW and studying AND practice?? Well, what do you have next period?"

Student: "Math (or science or english or...)"

Me: "Okay, well why don't you ask your math teacher if you can not participate in their class so that you can study?"

so much is wrong....so much. i don't even know where to begin.