So apparently it is in for High School kids to wear shirts about food. Pink Floyd will probably live on forever. And "boys are like light bulbs, some are brighter than others."

First day Substitute Teaching today. I had a good time, I was a little bored as they had all these worksheets to do, but I got to read a bit of a new book, and a few students thought they would test my authority and probably now hate me.  Why is it that when kids act dumb and disrespectful and you make them pay the consequences for it you then become "ma'am?" And, when did High School kids start acting like they were 5? I may be short and look like I am still in High School, but I am not going to take your disrespectful, do whatever you want crap, oh 15 year old. I guess I am getting old, because in my day if we had dared talk back to an adult or act like a few of my kids did today you would get nailed. In India they would just hit you on the head with a stick.

My most informational interaction with a kid today went something like this:

Student: "I don't understand what we are supposed to do here."

Me: "You translate yada yada yada."

Said Student comes back later: "I can't figure out the answer to this question."

Me, after some questions: "Do you know what a century is?"

S: "like the 20th or 21st."

Me: "Right. How many years make up a century?"

S: blank stare

Me: "Do you know what a decade is?"

S: blank stare

Me: "Do you know how many years are in a decade?"

S: "I have no idea what a decade is..."

HOLY COW???!!!

EDIT: I saw one of the High School kids at Church this morning. She wasn't in the class I was subbing for but she "heard I got onto 6th period." Word gets around! Ha ha.