Someone really needs to make some changes. On top of the usual gigs that I pull down, I occasionally become a substitute teacher. Yes. I teach children. Now, just in case certain people stumble across this site, I can't be too specific, but, holy cow, children in the district in which I sub are getting away with murder. Possibly literally. Disrespectful, loud, obnoxious. Now, I'm not talking your typical evil child stuff... cause Lord knows I gave my subs a hard time, but, I have literally had my life threatened. One girl today came back in the room after school and made movements that appeared to be an attempt to physically threaten me. She was in sixth grade ! And, she brought a friend. This is not the first time I have been approached in such a manner. I even had a KID tell me that the school was "ghetto." He explained that if they didn't like teachers or subs, they would "key" the cars, follow the teachers home, hurt them, kidnap them etc. The administration is even aware of the problem. You can watch the security patrol the halls and nail kids. I can't even go into how obvious it is that the have dealt with these kids before....

Mom .. Dad... teach your kids respect. It's not too late. Before the get hurt or due time... seriously, do SOMETHING. And, please tell them to leave the IPods and PSP's at home... yeah.. it's a little bit of a distraction.

And now this... I can tell the bad kids by using Fish finders and they should all buy me mothers day gifts because as a teacher, I'm quite a mother. But don't ask me ask an Orlando Realtor