BFH

For the past few days, I've been sending a few girls to the counselor's office daily to get a problem straightened out. I'm not even sure what happened, but our counselor has a very open policy and knows that kids will request to see her when they need her. She does an amazing job with all the crazy kiddos we have at our school. Anyway...it seemed that when the girls came back today that everything was over and done with. I asked the counselor if I should know what's going on and if I needed to do anything. She then informed me that one of the girls was heard saying BFH (but not using the acronym) and another girl thought she was saying it to her and then the confusion began. The one who said it, denied it. The others were all witnesses and confirmed that she did say it.

Apparently, this was also a problem last year with the same child and her mother ran to her defense and said she did not say it. The counselor is afraid that she is going to defend her again and this child won't ever have to face consequences for inappropriate actions/language. I'm glad the counselor took care of all of this because I don't have time for that...I have to teach my new kid how to multiply before the TAKS on Tuesday.

Oh, are you wondering what BFH stands for? I was too...try B*t*h from Hell.

Other than that it was a usual day, you know a usual early dismissal...crazy kids who knew they would be leaving early and didn't want to work all morning, extra recess, short specials, and no kids for me in the afternoon. I spent the time after the kids left working on parent conference forms and making sure that if a parent does request a conference, I'm ready. My only real dilemma was how to write on a form that your child has not met grade level expectations and will not go to 5th grade if the school has the final say (which they don't). Word usage is critical and no way do I already have that skill as a first year teacher...it's something to work on!