This is what it looks like in Okeechobee (most days.) I try to remember this when I'm stuck inside all day without windows.

Today I was informed by my students that I must have been drinking "hatorade" because I was hating on them. Or something along those lines, I'm a little fuzzy on the details. Every thing I say or so, someone has to say that it's because of race. Like a stop talking will get almost without fail, that's racial, miss! Yeah, not racist, just racial. I'm also a little fuzzy as far as that is concerned. Is it because I'm white? Is it because I'm black? Is it because I'm brown? No, it's because you're talking when I am. That's racial!

A long time ago, I said something that made my students think that I didn't have a TV. At the time, there was physically a TV in my apartment, but I didn't have an antenna or a DVD player or anything, so in essence I didn't have a TV. They apparantly only heard that I didn't have a TV, and I didn't bother to correct them. So every now and then I get advice like if you save a dollar a day, in a couple of months you can buy a tv. If you go to the landfill, you can find a tv and tons of other stuff too. Okay thank you. I'll keep that in mind. I'm pretty sure it's racial to not watch TV. I'll have to check on that.

This week has been crazier than normal, and I'm just going to go ahead and blame winter break that's coming up. Of course if that is real source of the crazy, I'm going to have to take the next two weeks off because I'm not so sure I can handle it anymore. I was covering for the basketball coach that teaches in my pod because she had to leave during the last period to make to to an away game, and I didn't realize how much of a difference there is between the "normal" students and the special ed students. I'm convinced that all the non-special ed teachers have it just a little easier than I do, because at least they have some normal to balance out the crazy. All I have is crazy. And I don't feel bad for calling my students crazy. I could say worse... Although I'm sure I'm being racial.