“Cho hommie where you from” and “I can make you have a bad day”

So there were some really funny things that happened this week aside from the caped crusader, that I just have to share… and proof that it may be time to stop working in the ghetto.

1. Walking into campus I hear a boys voice yell, “Cho hommie where you from?”. Now, in the ghetto this is calling someone out. This means hommie you’re about to get cut, so run or fight. Fight or flight reflexes kicked in and apparently I was ready to fight because I turned around and yelled, “What did YOU just say to me?”. Of course as I said it I thought, you have worked in Perris for too long if someone yells that and you know they are talking to you… turns out it was two of my cholitos joking around. River-side-ah, so back up hommie!

2. After being called out in the parking lot… First period I am privately reprimanding a student for cursing in class, when one of his friend stands up and yells “don’t tell him what to do”. And before I could control myself I had in a calm voice told him, “If you think you intimidate me just because you’re 6’2”, you’re wrong. So get your butt back in your chair and mind your business”. THEN his other friend says, “You know I can make you have a bad day!” And again before I could control myself I said, “Really, because if you think you can make my day bad you can’t imagine how bad I can make yours. Shall I start the process of making your day really bad? One more word out of your mouth and we’ll see just how bad I can make it…” Apparently I put them in check because I got an apology from all three and a twix the next day. 

Ummm…. Ivan, is she wearing a cape?

The first week back was nothing short of really insane. Just to show you how insane it was, let me tell you about today.  So I'm standing at my door and greeting my kids when this girl walks into my class. And I think to myself, “hmmm… somethings not right”, but for some reason I can’t quite put my finger on it. So the bell rings and I come inside to take attendance, and that is when I realize what it is. My student is dressed in a full on superhero outfit. Cape, tiara and for whatever reason black electrical tape on her face… and all I can do is look at my T.A. and say, “why me?”, to which he said, "seriously" and we both sighed in the knowledge that this was going to be the strangest of all my classes. You can’t imagine how hard it was, since today of all days was my teacher student confrence day. There I was thinking as she walked up to my desk, do I tell her to take the tiara off, since I don’t allow hats in my room? Or do play that ignorance is bliss and pretent that the child infront of me does not have electrical tape on her face? I chose avoidance, but could not help but laugh when she told another one of my students to get out of her force field.