Close to Home by John McPherson for January 11, 2021

The way kids are these days, teachers should be elligible for the Purple Heart!

Hi yourself, Bleeb!

One teacher I know was pushed down the stairs, and another one was cornered and almost assaulted. But God forbid, you can’t lay a finger on them, ever!!!!

Green circles are safer……

“BLEEB!!”

“ᴡʜᴀᴀᴀᴛ!… ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏᴡ?!”

“Your mark is on the other side of the Principal’s desk… closer to the teacher!

“ғɪɴᴇ!… I’ʟʟ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ! ᴡʜʏ ᴀᴍ ɪ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʜᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴜᴘ ᴀʙᴏᴠᴇ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ’re ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴍᴇɢᴀᴘʜᴏɴᴇ ᴏʀ sᴜᴍᴘ’ɴ?! ᴛʜᴀᴛ’s sᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴ’ ᴛᴀ ᴄʀᴇᴇᴘ ᴍᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ!”

“It’s the speaker above you… and it’s me… Dobie, I’m here in the control booth, talking to you over the intercom loudspeaker! McPherson wants this scene finished today! So, please get back into alien character!”

“ꂦꀘꍏꌩ! … ꒒ꀤꀘꏂ ꓄ꀍꀤꌚ?!”

“Yes, that’s better, but not quite so much alien speak!

“ᴏᴋᴀʏ, ᴅᴜᴍʙ-ʙᴜᴛᴛ! ʜᴏᴡ’s ᴛʜɪs?

“WHAT?!”

“ɪ sᴀɪᴅ, ᴏᴋᴀʏ ᴅᴏʙɪᴇ, ʜᴏᴡ’s ᴛʜɪs?!“

Stay strong warrior

In my family and others I knew, if you got into trouble at school you had twice as much trouble at home. Not so true anymore. Education is still the best way to get ahead in life.

If the kid can’t be handled can the school ask the kids parents to come in and correct the situation? Not just a parent/teacher meeting at 8:00PM, but parent called to the class on the spot. I don’t know, I’m just wondering.

Oh no, Bleeb got sent to the Principle’s office.

Bleeb sure is happy. I guess it’s because he’s in a familiar environment, under a womans desk.

Middle school, I presume?

And combat pay.

Every employee of the school district. Every one of them.

Is tenure even a thing available to high school teachers any more? I know they got rid of the teacher’s union in my state. It’s only a matter of time before they ditch the concept for university faculty.

For God’s sake, don’t discipline the little shits. It might hurt their feelings.