Starting Over is Scary

disgusting

Second week of school and we already had a cold running through many classrooms. A gross cold. Lots of green and slime. So my funny for today (although it is rather gross) is about sneezing. One of my students kept sneezing. Every time that he sneezed I found a palm-sized puddle on my table. Sick! Not green thank goodness, but gross nonetheless.

Another gross funny is about another body function. I have a student on a feeding tube. Meaning she is unable to vomit, burp, or swallow anything. A crazy set of challenges for feeding her. Anyway, because this students ends up with a lot of air in her stomach, we have to vent it out of her feeding tube. Like all of us, some air gets into her intestines. When we try to get air out of her feeding tube, we have to push on her abdomen. If you can imagine, pushing on someone's abdomen that much will push a lot of that air out. This little girl farts and farts and farts. I have never seen (or heard) anything like it! She can put everyone to shame with her "toots".

I think that is enough for now! :-)

posted by Erin @ 7:52 PM 3 comments

what a way to start

Last year, I had a rough start to the school year. Upset parents, meetings, crazy schedules, confused teachers, disagreements, etc. I thought that was incredibly difficult.

I had no idea what this year would bring.

Screaming kids, upset parents, meetings, medically fragile, feeding tubes, diapers, confused teachers, disagreements, angry paraprofessionals, crazy schedules, running, kicking, medications, spitting, nurses, etc.

I am tired, angry, frustrated, stressed, and confused about what to do next.

This isn't exactly the best way to update but this is what is going on.

It is going to be a long year........

However, I decided that I would try to post funny things that happen at school. Gotta find something good to focus on, right!

Funny this week:

A kindergarten student, who is struggling listening and following directions, was asked to sit in a chair in class. We use picture cards to reinforce expectations.
She looked at the picture and said "Sit.............damn" and then got up to sit in the chair. Positive reinforcement given for following directions and adults heads turned away so she couldn't see us struggling not to laugh.

posted by Erin @ 4:37 PM 4 comments