On Monday I had to go up to the high school after school for a training for the SAT and ACT. I got there before they let out for the day, so I stood in the hallway so that I could see some of my old students. Some of them walked by me with a look that basically said “WTF are you doing here?” while others ran toward me yelling out my name. It was good getting to see some of my old students and I got to talk with several of them for a while.
After my meeting, I ran into some more students and they asked if I was going to the homecoming carnival that was later that evening. I told them I would think about it. I didn’t want to go by myself, so I started asking some of my friend that work there if they were going. I got a hold of my friend Sandy and we decided to go together.
I met Sandy at her house before the carnival. Now I must mention that I have Sandy’s daughter in my class; she had requested that she be put in my class. Her daughter is new to my school and even though I have known Sandy, I had never met her daughter until school started and I had never been to her house. I knocked on the door and Sandy’s daughter answered the door. I said, “I just came by to check and see if you were doing your homework.” She laughed and I went inside. I’ll come back to this story later.
We went to the carnival and it was good. This was the first year they had a carnival and I was impressed how much they had for the first time. I got to see even more old students. Both times I was up there that day I kind of felt like a celebrity. Many of them were so excited to see me and I was glad to see most of them.
Sandy’s daughter must have told some people what I said to her at her house, because during her class period, a student asked, “Is it true that you go to students’ home to check and see if they are doing their homework?” I just smiled. Another student asked, “How do you know where we live?” I said, “I can look that up, that’s the easy part.”
I love to mess with them like that. And once again, I couldn’t make this stuff up.
-J
