I realized today that....

I will miss these kids.. I know its only the end of the 1st quarter, but some of these students I will not have next week, and may not have until next year again. That made me think today about the past 9 weeks.... Some students stand out in my head. They are not the best students or the most popular or my favorite; they are just students that made me smile or made me laugh while I was trying to teach them something....

Michael: wrote every assignment in blue or red crayola marker
Caleb: hit me with a book, then asked me for a piece of candy. My response was "you just fucking hit me with a book, Im not giving you anything!" (yes, I really did swear)
Katie: wrote "I love Daymeon" on everything imaginable in class all quarter - they broke up 4 days ago.
Colby: comes to class every day with 10 min to go
Theresa: 2 weeks shy of her due date (shes 9 months pregnant) and always has a kick ass attitude.
Rigoberto: biggest free loader - but smart as ever
Jasmine: spitfire - comment for everything and a different color hair every week.
Marcellous: my humor for the day - and he doesnt dance, he boogies....
Delida/Elijah: insperable pair - between the two, one was always asking for a tampon
Tanishia: the girl could eat for 2 hours and still be hungry
Xzavier: the teddy bear of the class
Lucas: newly transformed Muslin and very outspoken about it.
Tamara: Christian. loves to preach about it to others but does not always practice what she preaches.
Alvina: 16 and pregnant with baby #2
Devonia: Personality if I have ever seen it. About as outspoken as they come.
Byron: about 4'11", and talks bigger than he will ever be.
Laura: missed first 3.5 weeks of school and is now carrying a B.
Joyce: while doing a geometry assignment, made a replica of me using toothpicks and marshmallows.
Steve: 1 of 14 children under the age of 25. Passes without doing anything, and wanders the hall endlessly.
Yolanda: Random spanish to english translater for Carla when she is talking with me and throws in a spanish word but cannot translate it into english by herself.