Things That Actual Students Have Said To Me This Week:

"B*tch, who do you think you're talking to?!"

"I'll sit down... after I finish my conversation."

"I'm not being disrespectful... I'm being rude.  There's a difference."

"Shut up!"

We had all been told that this year's ninth graders were going to be a tough group, but these kids really have taken it to a whole new level.  We even prepared for this year by creating an alternative team for the students who we knew, based on the data we received from the middle school, were going to be a problem.  The quotes that I just gave to you were said by students who weren't "bad" enough to make it onto the alternative team.  So yeah.  This is going to be a long year.  Maybe even longer than last year...