Cheeky student

Wah, now to think of it, I have a bloody cheeky student in my Year 11 IT class, who thinks he can spell better than me. As a matter of fact, he thinks he can *borrow* a teacher's big stapler without me noticing.

To think of it, I'm kinda furious now.

What happened was, I wrote a set of instructions on the whiteboard for them to follow. Basically it just asks them to create a Powerpoint about Computer Systems are, bla bla bla and illustrate a diagram for the computer systems.

What Boy x said halfway through the lesson was, "Miss, you've spelt 'illustrate' wrong. I've never seen anyone spell that way before". I'm like 'hmm....is it? I'm think it's spelt like this'. He's adamant that he's right and he speaks like he is the God of Speller =.=

So I asked his group mate (they are working on the Ppt as a pair) to go Ms Word and do a spell check. He insist the word is spelt 'illistrate'. So fine. TO prove his point and I'm not fussed about BEING RIGHT, i asked his group mate to check it up.

Illistrate vs Illustrate

ta-da.... I was right. Illustrate was the correct spelling. The group mate (whom I had last year in my Programming class & an extrovert boy), said 'Haha' in my face. I was thinking wth la.... Instead, he haha the wrong person; it was his fren, Boy x, who he should have "haha" to. But he didn't. So i told Boy x, that yea, I'm pretty sure that's the right spelling.

So I left it at that. Yes, maybe I should have taught the group mate some manners about 'haha' in my face but sigh.... I'm not used to scolding ppl in ENGLISH!! LOL

So anyways. I took a stapler from my office to staple some paperworks at the teacher's desk, which is connected straightaway to the computer tables, where the students sit.

So there I was, walking back and forth the lab and checking on their work. Then when I came bck, i found Boy x was holding my stapler near to his bag. Very close. As if he was going to put into his bag. Actually I wasn't looking at him at first but i was looking at his groupmate's work on computer and i just followed his trail of sight to his eyes and to where his hands and what he was holding. The damn stapler looked like mine! So i was eyeing on the stapler and looked at the teacher's table and no, no stapler! I was thinking did i put it back to my office desk..... one hand push to open my office door and nope, no stapler. So i turned around to Boy x and i only had my hand out to him indicating to him, give me back the stapler. He did. I asked him 'what are you doing with this?' He answered softly 'Just looking'. i think. I'm thinking geez, can't even leave my stuff on the teacher table for a minute. I've never had Boy x before in my class before. Maybe he was trying to be cheeky like his friend (the groupmate which I have a rapport with) and thinks he can get away with it. So i left it at that. I removed all my stuff into my office desk immediately after that so that he can't touch anything.

Anyways, as i discovered later, HE bloody stapled my pencilcase. Which made me abit more mad. WTH. No student ever go stapling teacher's belongings. He needs to be taught a lesson. I also need to give his groupmate a lesson too, as I'm finding his behaviour rude and cheeky. There will be a time for jokes but not all the time. So yea.... arrghh.... nah, i'm furious at the moment; just a bit sore that I didn't *teach* him a lesson or gave him a lecture. Haiyo. If my bro did that to me, I woulda screamed at him as he knows not to mess with my stuff.

As the Deputy Principal said this morning in the morning briefing, it's a good time of the year now to set some routines and behaviour management into class so they know their place in class, not running amok.