Tear Fest

So I had two students start crying today. One started crying because he fell out of his desk. It was completely his own fault. He was tipping the desk over and down he went. I felt bad for him, but if anything good came of this, it's that all the students heard about it and I didn't have one person lift their desk off of the floor for the rest of the day.

The second incident involved homework. I rarely ever give homework. As a matter of fact, this is the third homework assignment I have given since school started on August 20th. You would think there wouldn't be any problems when it comes to assigning it and there weren't, for the most part. I have students write their homework down and show it to me as an exit slip. I wactched one particular student sit there and listen, not write, while I gave homework instructions. When it was time to show me the homework in their planner, this particular student claimed that he would have to find it first. I said, "Ok, find it." He comes back about 30 seconds later and says, "I know I wrote it down I just can't find it." I say, "Well, you better write it because you can't leave until I see it written." HE STARTS CRYING! Just because I wouldn't let him leave before writing down the assignment. It seems minor, but I just couldn't believe it. This is from the same student who calls one of the teachers every morning to help him open his locker. I just can't believe he started crying because he was too lazy to take the time to write down the homework when I gave him time. I just can't believe it!!!