Pink Eye and Apologies

Just like a little child, I have recently come down with a nasty case of pink and had to be out of school for the past two days. I was scared to death to leave my kids with a sub because...well, behaving well is just not their forte. However, the first day I was shocked to discover that my kids did awesome and that they were extremely well-behaved. Well, I was excited and wrote a note to my kids that if they were good on the second day, I'd do something really special for them. Sadly, I came yesterday and it turns out that my kids were AWFUL!! I'm not very happy with them, and I told them so. I made them each write me a letter explaining why they weren't good on the second day and what they could do better the next time. I will share with you a few responses that made me laugh. I will keep the spelling like theirs so you can see the originality in the letters.

We weren't the best class, but she wasn't a cherry either. And that's what I truley think.

Almost everyone was acting up and when Mrs. Kennedy would stay to watch the bathrooms I would watch though the window for like 2 seconds before I came in the class and everybody was jumping around, screaming, throughing things, and somebody droped there binder on purpose and Mrs. Kennedy came rushing in the classroom.

Maybe some of the things that caused it is because Mrs. Kennedy is way more strit. When she talked it sounded like she was yelling. Next time, we'll all stop talking, and read a book.

2 boys from our class were being really loud int eh hallway and stacking binders on one boys hands so hard he could not hold the weight.

I think I now wye we had a bad day. It's because we wher mad that you wernt her. We realy wanted you to be back bu you wernt. next tim I think that we should zip are lips when the sud tels us to. I hope you feel better.

Mrs. Kenedy was pretty strickt. Maybe the strickter the worse we get. Also maybe we just missed you so we got bad the second day. I hope you forgive us. I don't like to be hated. Your hopefully Forgiven student, K----

I really think it was the sub's fault because she was too strict and too harsh. Grrrrrr.....

and my advanced writer....

I really don't know why everything collapsed and went haywire yesterday. I'm not going to say that I didn't do anything yesterday, because I was mad that morning, and I told Giovanni to shut up. (again!!) I'm not going to say that it was all the boys who normally cause trouble, some of it was them, but we all play an IMPORTANT part here. All of us did something. Some people might not have the heart enough to tell you the truth. I'm not afraid to admit that. It got on my nerves, too. I won't blame anyone. some people might write down the names of kids who caused the problem. But I won't. It's mean and hurtful. It's basically gossiping. And I don't do that. I'm sorry.

an attempt to be an advanced writer...

She was strickd like a seagull and a fish playing hard to get and the seagull does not win. it's like we all belong in the sea but we feel welcome or not a priciated. Sometimes you will feel lik a jewel off a breclet on the alone floor. 1 piece of cany who's going to eat it you is the kid you like or dislike?!......With all due respect, H--------

Thank goodness it's Friday!!!