Let me give you another piece of advice, young one. Living with friends can possibly end REALLY badly. You know those little quirks you just mentioned? Those are quirks you see when you hang out with them either in or outside of school. However, when you hang out with them you have that "buffer zone" which allows you to still remain friends with them and get along with them, somewhat. If you live with them, that buffer zone will be gone. You will be dealing with those quirks day in and day out, and at first it won't seem like much, but then they will start to compound upon each other and soon you might start to see even more quirks. It goes both ways too, whereas they might start to notice your quirks more too.
This is just one of many scenarios though. For all I know, you could be ever closer friends because of it. For me though, I love my friends, but I'd never live with them.
Yeah I had a feeling that's what would happen, besides I wasn't even counting on this plan to come into fruition anyway.
Oh, I'd still bring it up though. Again, I'm a wise-ass. I was all throughout high school and I still am today. What I would do is literally not only bring it up, but FLAUNT the award in her face and state "You say I need to become a 'functioning' member of society, yet this award says 'Outstanding Participation' on it. So according to this award, clearly I'm not the problem here!"
Oh I don't know I may have a big ego, but I ain't a jerk.
So what, you think if a girl starts crying in class the teacher should just ignore it? This isn't trying to force conformity, it's trying to help someone who, tbh, appears to have social problems. Because those are kind of bad.
Buuuuuut whatever this is completely off topic and it's not like either of us has the full story anyway so whatever y'know whatever whatever. Rick, give your students awards, see if you can troll the other teachers. [parasitic bomb]'ll be awesome.
For the first one I agree that if someone is crying it shouldn't be ignored, but at the same time it doesn't seem right to get a parent involved if the problem is already solved.
For the second I'm really sorry for making this go off topic. When I get upset I tend to bottle it up until I can't take it anymore, until I'm with someone I can talk to, or if a certain catalyst makes me react when I shouldn't really. Anyway what I guess I should of said is whatever you do, Rick, don't be like my Spanish teacher.
Avoid Lord of the Flies. That book bored me to tears.
I agree with this 100%. Not was I so bored with it but the book it's self is so messed up. I mean I honestly think that the kids that maneged to make it off the island alive will definitly be scared for life and learned a very important lesson in life that they shouldn't learn so fast. I honestly think that the book would of been so much better if the cast were teenagers or adults and not grade school kids. And man did I feel sorry for Piggy he so didn't deserve to die.
For the love of god, keep them away from The Giver if they've managed to avoid it already.
I actually liked The Giver but it's really something thay should of read in Jr. High, like I did.
Though one thing I would highly recommend is if they have to read Oedipus the King don't spoil the entire thing before they read the book, even though that's how it was done in ancient times before the people of old went to see the play about it, it ruined the entire thing for me espcially since Greek Myths are one of my favorite subjects. And also make sure that the books you give them don't have authors notes and summeries right smack dab in the middle of the book I mean that was just so annoying.
I also didn't really like Fahrenheit 451 a lot since it didn't have enough action, drama, or complete and utter rejection of the society and honestly the ending sucked for me, but that's just my opinion of the book so just give them whatever books you think they should read.