student insanity

I don't know what it is about this time of year. The few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas...students go insane. There is seriously an insane button on them that gets stuck and doesn't get unstuck until about a week after New Year's when the realize...."whoops, it's the end of the sememster, and I haven't done a single thing for my classes."

Today was nuts! Now, generally speaking, I love my students, they're great, but lately, they have been grating on my last nerve. My 8th period class today could not keep their mouths closed for more than two seconds....they sounded like a bunch of birds in a tree, one would go off, and they'd ALL go off.

I literally think I had scratch marks down my face by the end of the day from my own hands because I could not believe the lunacy that took place. The last thing I really want to do is slap a movie in the VCR, but I'm highly temped to, because I swear they are incapable of thinking at the moment.

Did you think I was going to slap a student? Well, the thought has crossed my mind, but I like my job too much! ;)

And another thing....with holidays seem to come a surge of romance blossoming in every corner.....of every hallway, and outside of EVERY classroom door. If I have to walk by one more smooching teenage couple, I'm breaking out the water spritzer. It's gross!

Anyway, I hate to vent, but today was just a mass of insanity that needed to be addressed...I'm off to enjoy my quiet evening with my kitty-cat!