Apparently I Look Like A Homeless Person... But Only While I Work...

Last week I told Shoelace that if he promised to take his medication for ADHD on Monday, I would go to his church's softball tournament on Saturday.  He agreed and made me pinky promise him I'd be there on Saturday.  (I never break my pinky promises!)  So when Saturday morning came around, I rolled out of bed and dragged my fiancee with me to the park to watch him play.  When we arrived, we realized that we were #1 the only white people and #2 the only people there who did not speak Spanish.  Even the announcer over the loud speakers was announcing every play in Spanish!  We both felt totally out of our element, but we ended up having so much fun!  It was really cool to see how Shoelace interacted outside of school with members of his family and church.  He was also so excited to see that I had actually showed up to see his game.  His team ended up losing (pretty miserably), but I could tell that he had a lot of fun and that he really appreciated that we had actually gone.

So today, when I saw Shoelace first period, he thanked me again for going to his game over the weekend and then asked me why I dress so nice when I'm out of work.  Confused, I asked him what he meant.  He replied, "Miss, you looked so pretty at my game and you had on nice clothes.  But here at school you come to work wearing that stuff [points to my work clothes] and you look like a bum."

When I went to Shoelace's game, I literally rolled out of bed, climbed in my car, and bought a cup of coffee to look somewhat alive.  I was wearing leggings, boots, a giant t-shirt, and a hoodie.  I also hadn't showered and my hair was a hot mess, so I wore a baseball cap.  Today at work, I was wearing gray slacks, a nice black sweater, and my hair was pulled back.  But according to Shoelace, I looked like a bum!!!

So on top of unintentionally insulting me, he ended up being too distracted at home this morning to remember to take his meds.  So he was off the wall all day long.  Needless to say, it was exhausting.

New Teacher Tip Of The Day:  You can't always rely on your students to keep their promises, but you have to make sure to never break the ones that you make.  For many students, you are the only adult in their life that they know they can count on.