Mind you, not probably means making the call from home, where I inevitably feel less secure and teacherly.
Yes, but at home you can have a cocktail in one hand as you make the call.
Poor Buffy. Your life resists all things average.
Willow ,'First Date'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Oct 22, 2008 12:03:40 pm PDT #5895 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emily - Oct 22, 2008 12:08:39 pm PDT #5896 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Heh. Bonus.
It's always so hard, because really, what are they going to do? They've already heard it from other people. But if I don't make the call, I can't check it off if it escalates (you know: "Yes, I warned him; yes, I gave him a time out; yes, I called his parents; yes, he knew the consequences").
Mind you, I'm not sure I have to do that at this school, but at my last one -- whew! "He pulled a knife? Have you tried calling his parents? Or changing the seating chart?*"
ETA: *Humorous hyperbole in use in this area. Nobody ever pulled a knife, I never felt in any danger, and the administration took threats of physical violence very seriously. Offer void where prohibited. Peace out.
tommyrot - Oct 22, 2008 12:08:58 pm PDT #5897 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yes, but at home you can have a cocktail in one hand as you make the call.
You can also watch TV at the same time. So when the parents get angry, you can laugh, then say, "Sorry, but Wile E. Coyote just fell off a cliff! Now he looks like an accordion!"
Lee - Oct 22, 2008 12:11:18 pm PDT #5898 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Well, it's not like she's wrong.
HEY! Who's the one who fled the pot smoke this time?
juliana - Oct 22, 2008 12:13:59 pm PDT #5899 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Well, it's not like she's wrong.
HEY! Who's the one who fled the pot smoke this time?
She's still not wrong.
SuziQ - Oct 22, 2008 12:19:27 pm PDT #5900 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
She's still not wrong.
Thanks for defending my.....ummmm.....yeah.
Perkins = stoner. Love ya, babe.
Jesse - Oct 22, 2008 12:19:57 pm PDT #5901 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's always so hard, because really, what are they going to do? They've already heard it from other people. But if I don't make the call, I can't check it off if it escalates (you know: "Yes, I warned him; yes, I gave him a time out; yes, I called his parents; yes, he knew the consequences").
I was standing around in a school lobby this morning, and the principal (? or asst.) was calling some girl's mother because she was giving attitude about the detention she was supposed to have for being late to school ("I did NOT have attitude!!!" the girl said....). I think they compromised on two lunch detentions -- as long as the school assured the mother there would be no peanut butter.
Emily - Oct 22, 2008 12:20:52 pm PDT #5902 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hey, what do you do when you get a text message and you're not sure who it's from? I have a theory, but... is it rude to reply with "Who are you?"?
tommyrot - Oct 22, 2008 12:23:26 pm PDT #5903 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hey, what do you do when you get a text message and you're not sure who it's from?
Sorry, that was me. And btw, I was joking when I wrote I'd filled your car with live penguins.
Gudanov - Oct 22, 2008 12:24:03 pm PDT #5904 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
but... is it rude to reply with "Who are you?"?
I don't think so, as long as there isn't a 'the hell' in there.