tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757782055764628213.post1107453098450035543..comments2023-09-13T03:44:01.310-07:00Comments on Life in Focus: I'm expecting social services any minute.Amiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673457562844138844noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757782055764628213.post-89498703729933092342007-11-19T20:31:00.000-08:002007-11-19T20:31:00.000-08:00I was once walking one of my students (M) to the b...I was once walking one of my students (M) to the bus; she was, for unrelated reasons, very agitated.<BR/><BR/>So, like the (ha ha) knowledgeable person I am, and knowing M <B>hates</B> to be touched, I grabbed our bathroom pass, which is on one of those neck lanyard thingies, thinking that I could hold one end and she could hold the other.<BR/><BR/>Thus, I'd be "attached" to her (thus reducing flight risk) without actually being <I>attached</I> to her.<BR/><BR/>We're walking right past the principal's office, when she shrieks (and I mean <B>shrieks</B>) "LET GO OF ME LET GO OF ME LET GO OF ME LET GO OF ME."<BR/><BR/>To this day, I'm thankful this happened after we got our new principal, who <I>likes</I> us, as opposed to our old principal, who thought we had cooties.SpooWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447251108954170474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757782055764628213.post-77900484690074922872007-11-19T20:02:00.000-08:002007-11-19T20:02:00.000-08:00My kids do the same freaking thing. You'd think I...My kids do the same freaking thing. You'd think I was removing their splinters with an axe!<BR/>Then there's the famous... "mom, wait! Just let me tell you something first!... don't do it yet, I really need to tell you something first...."<BR/>Wimps, I tell ya.kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933529000664638903noreply@blogger.com