Monday, March 07, 2005

My favorite class

Dominique noticed just now that he had somehow gotten ballpoint ink on the sleeve of his nice new white shirt. He was rather annoyed, thinking it wouldn't come out. I suggested that he spray some hairspray on it to get it out, since that sometimes loosens ink stains.

"You're just ghetto, Mrs. Wood," he replied, shaking his head.

I was working on his IEP (Individualized Education Plan) just a bit ago, and I was asking him some of the basics (address, middle initial, etc.) so that I wouldn't have to dig around his file for it. I called out the category "Race/Ethnicity," and he said (completely seriously), "Do they list Blaxican?"

The whole Race/Ethnicity thing is so bogus anymore. Especially at this school. I'm going to start writing my own in, under the Other heading: "Human".

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