I've been at home, sick, for 2 days. Of that time, I was only awake in 20-30 minute stretches at a time. I even managed to doze off in the waiting room of emergency care yesterday. So, needless to say, updating the blog was not top priority. It also wouldn't have been very interesting.
It's my self-imposed policy to stay away from texting, tweeting, Facebooking, etc. while I'm sick. It's just not pretty, and I even tend to annoy myself after a while.
At school today, from my students, there were two distinct responses to my return to work:
A) "YOU'RE BACK! I MISSED YOU!" (followed by a hug)
or
2) "Where you been? You ain't lookin' so good!" (followed by a side eye)
There is absolutely no middle ground with 7th graders.
I was also greeted with a few children who decided to test my patience... see if a couple days of fever sweats made me forget my own expectations. They didn't. I made 4 phone calls home and had 3 separate hallway conferences.
There is absolutely no middle ground with this 7th grade teacher either.
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