Now, I'm not usually one to complain, but allow me to take some time and...vent.

I'm not sure if this day could be more stressful. The day started off fine and I got to school on time. But by second period I had a student jumping around swearing because he burned his arm on the old fashioned heating vents in the classroom. After swearing once I asked him to stop and he proceeded to curse in the next sentence ("Yeah, but that s*&# is hot!"). So I asked him to step outside since by this time class was clearly disrupted. He refused, swearing again, and I asked him to please not make me call a security guard to take him out of my classroom. At this point he jumps up and throws his desk aside, storming out of the class with the cloudiest look on a kid's face I have ever seen. ps. This guy is like 6'2", maybe 180-200 pounds and in junior high.

Am I done? I wish. My little cold starts getting worse and I sneeze about 8 times during fourth period. Throughout the day I am trying to talk to the principal because on my watch during Young Life last night some students left early and were seen smoking pot by the custodian.

Fifth period I've sent out two or three students throughout the class for disruptions, talking, laughing, etc. The girl I accused of smoking weed (turns out it was not her) asked me why I "had to rat [her] out like that."

And sixth period a girl scratched the face of one of this ADD kid that would not do a single thing if I didn't hound him all the time. He had three welts across his cheek. He said she just did it out of nowhere. So I sent them both to the office.

I feel like I am in an urban school in New York or something. I know it's not as bad as that, but seriously some of the kids I teach are messed up in the head, in the home.