[ladyamalthea]

They say that a new teacher's third year is usually the hardest. I'm starting to think that this is absolutely true, as I'm only 11 days in, and I wonder if I can make it through the year.

Last year, a student made a fat joke in front of the entire class to retaliate against me when I wrote him up. It took me a long time to get over it, but I finally did grow to be very close with the rest of that class.

This year, I had a freshman "moo" at me on day one. I asked him what he was doing, and he said making a cow sound. I knew this was directed at me, but since I couldn't prove it, I retorted with, "I'm so glad you know your farm animals! Maybe by Monday you'll be able to tell me your ABC's." Since then, I have had to write him up twice for being exceedingly rude or being a classroom disruption; and then we come to today.

He was mad at me because I would not allow him and his friends to continue to disrupt the class. His revenge came in the form of another fat joke, basically calling me a pig in front of the class. He has been removed from my class, and he has three days of ISS, but now I'm wondering how I face those kids again on Monday? Besides, I basically broke down at lunch, which isn't good... sounds like time to call the doctor about my meds...