Starship Amy: Captain's Log
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apple_pathwaysDay 7 of The Cold That Will Not Fucking End.
The lungs have staged a mutiny. God help us all.
UGH! Bronchitis. I haven't had a decent night's sleep in DAYS due to a dry, hacking cough.
On the upside, my students continue to be sweet and adorable. Beau, 13, asked me if I was feeling better when he came in. That's right: A TEENAGED BOY WAS ABLE TO NOTICE AND EXPRESS COMPASSION FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN HIMSELF! I wanted to hug him.
(Parents and anyone else who works with children will know why this is such a big deal. Kids are, by nature, rather self-centered. I can go for days asking my students how they are, how their day went, what their plans for the weekend are--before one of them will even think to ask me the same. I used to have a student who regularly asked me how I was. (ONE!) I miss her.)
I was asking Maya (also 13) if she had any fun plans for the weekend, and she said reluctantly that she didn't. I assured her that I didn't either, and I'd probably just be laying around coughing and doing homework. She said that this next week for her was going to be a "lady week". At first I didn't think I'd heard her correctly, but she confirmed what I'd heard: "lady week". I wasn't sure if this was something at her school, or some other phenomena I'm unaware of, so I asked for clarification: she said that's what she says when she has her period. ♥♥♥ SO ADORABLE! I don't know why, but that made me smile for the whole time I was cleaning up to go home.
I am definitely going to be saying "I'm having my lady week" from now on!
ETA: my first Nerds-induced coughing fit of the evening did not stop me from finishing the box. Now excuse me while I scrape my lungs up off the floor...
The lungs have staged a mutiny. God help us all.
UGH! Bronchitis. I haven't had a decent night's sleep in DAYS due to a dry, hacking cough.
On the upside, my students continue to be sweet and adorable. Beau, 13, asked me if I was feeling better when he came in. That's right: A TEENAGED BOY WAS ABLE TO NOTICE AND EXPRESS COMPASSION FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN HIMSELF! I wanted to hug him.
(Parents and anyone else who works with children will know why this is such a big deal. Kids are, by nature, rather self-centered. I can go for days asking my students how they are, how their day went, what their plans for the weekend are--before one of them will even think to ask me the same. I used to have a student who regularly asked me how I was. (ONE!) I miss her.)
I was asking Maya (also 13) if she had any fun plans for the weekend, and she said reluctantly that she didn't. I assured her that I didn't either, and I'd probably just be laying around coughing and doing homework. She said that this next week for her was going to be a "lady week". At first I didn't think I'd heard her correctly, but she confirmed what I'd heard: "lady week". I wasn't sure if this was something at her school, or some other phenomena I'm unaware of, so I asked for clarification: she said that's what she says when she has her period. ♥♥♥ SO ADORABLE! I don't know why, but that made me smile for the whole time I was cleaning up to go home.
I am definitely going to be saying "I'm having my lady week" from now on!
ETA: my first Nerds-induced coughing fit of the evening did not stop me from finishing the box. Now excuse me while I scrape my lungs up off the floor...
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Date: 2010-11-12 04:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-12 04:35 am (UTC)That's a good one, though. ;)
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Date: 2010-11-12 04:37 am (UTC)Aww... feel better. :D
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Date: 2010-11-12 05:02 am (UTC)Thank you. :)
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Date: 2010-11-12 04:45 am (UTC)I wish I knew of a good cure for lung rebellion. Everything I'm coming up with involves collateral damage. (-;
Your students are adorable. I love awkward teenage boys expressing awareness of people other than themselves. (I got hugs from the high schoolers I worked with last year after their team made it to globals, it was adorably awkward for everyone involved. ^_^)
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Date: 2010-11-12 05:07 am (UTC)I have a particular fondness for teenaged boys. (I typed that sentence a few times, and there is no way to make it sound not-creepy. Just be assured that I DO NOT MEAN IT THAT WAY!) They're so funny! I have a little group of 13 year old boys at the moment, and on some days they're all together for a brief period. It's so hard to keep them focused on their math and not just laugh at their antics!
Honestly, it's so rare for a kid to ask me how I am, I often don't know how to answer! And adorably awkward hugs are awesome. :) My little ADHD diva LOVES to hug--I had to peel her off of me today with a reminder that I'm still sick!
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Date: 2010-11-12 05:46 am (UTC)Man, thirteen year olds that ask about other people's feelings? Rarer than friggin unicorns! I'm totally impressed with this kid.
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Date: 2010-11-12 06:11 am (UTC)