Work and other crap

So I went to work today. Mr. Friedland wants me to be his witness that his kids are crap to him when he writes them up with a referral. His students are terrible, really terrible. They have no concept of respect, either to him as their teacher or to their other classmates. They deliberately provoke him and they're really quite cruel and mean. The stuff they say is incredible, both in the way that it's really stupid, and in the way that it is so derogatory and mean-spirited.

And it doesn't help that he doesn't take any crap. The provoke and he bites EVERY SINGLE TIME. He really doesn't respect his students, thinks they're crap and they know it and they can't stand it. And this just makes for a nasty environment because they're both sniping and yelling and making fun of each other and I have to really wonder about the age of Mr. Friedland. I know he's frustrated and I know the students are more or less evil, but at the same time I can't help but think there might be another way to deal with it. I've never run across kids like this before and I haven't had any training in teaching, but they're human beings, they're kids, they want respect and gratification like any other people, right? If you treat them with respect and kindness, like I'm liable to, and try to appeal to their logical side, the have to respond in a somewhat positive way, right? Maybe I'm just too idealistic to think that they can be changed... Maybe there really is something wrong with NYC students. I mean it is the Lower East Side -- maybe your environment does play a large role in shaping who you are... I don't know. I just wish I weren't involved. But I did promise Mr. Friedland that I'll be there. He likes me because I'm "respectful" (really, I'm just timid and half the time I don't really care about being disrespectful to him because it really doesn't help me in anyway). But I do agree his students are out of control and that it is negatively affecting the class as a whole so I'll be there and say something. I don't really know what happened exactly since I'm iffy on details (short attention span, lack of any genuine interest) but I remember enough to write it up in a report, I think. :\

Tomorrow is my last day for this year, so yay!!! And I get paid tomorrow too! Yay! I have literally no money now so it's probably a good thing that I'm getting paid. ^^

Today, something else happened to me that was a bit annoying. All of a sudden, when I was in Mr. Ma's Chemistry class, my nose starts bleeding. It was the first time I had a nose bleed since high school so I was rather shocked. I tilted my head and tried to contain it the best I could. I didn't have a pack of tissues, which makes sense since when do you ever have tissues when you need them anyway? :\

Anyway, it's all better now... I wonder why I suddenly had a nose bleed though? Stress maybe? It is the end of the year... I don't know.

In about half an hour, I have my AI Member Appreciation Dinner to go to. I almost feel bad because I wasn't very involved this year as I was in years past. But that isn't exactly my fault. Half the events are during times I have class and the other half of the events that I knew were going on, I never received any notification for. I would have been totally down for NYCares Day and more Soup Kitchen dates but I never heard anything about it so... :\ But it's free sushi and Indian food, not to mention cakes from Panya so it'll definitely be very yummy. I can't wait to eat something because I skipped lunch today... Well, I normally do on the days I work anyway so it's not like it's anything new but usually by the time I get back, I'd have gotten something to eat. But I didn't want to spoil myself for tonight so... I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. :)