A Crappy Day or Craparama

This is a cool picture, and perhaps representative of my Craparama day. Let's just recap, shall we? Umkay. Today, my kids took an English test for the English Dept., at my school, and while commenting on some drafts I found a big time plagarizer whose response was "I swear I didn't...." whatever. She used several sites, word for word, from the internet. I'm so annoyed. I take it personally and it really really burns my buns b/c I bend over backwards for these kids to make sure they're successful and they stab me in the back. THEN I had to go to the WGS luncheon that was okay, but we had to put up the chairs, tables, etc. I got a gift certificate that will buy me something; I haven't decided what I want yet: shoes, books, a shirt. I want to buy me some shoes or a shirt, but the bookstore is calling my name. It always does.

Doesn't seem like such a crappy day but you know when your day begins in a crappy place and everything else that happens afterwards seems just as crappy? Yep. That's the kind of day it was. And also, when you feel crappy, you become paranoid and think everyone is mad at you? That's how I've felt all day, and I've just been sensitive and all around pissy. It's an all around pissy day. I hate these days; I get 'em every so often. Ugh. I suppose since it began so badly that it has just trickled down and ruined my mood. It just really really gets to me personally when a student lies to me, plagiarizes, and tries to do the absolute minimum just to get by; perhaps they're so used to doing the bare minimum just to get by it transfers into the things that shouldn't be just "gotten by." I don't know. I don't want to make excuses for these kids; it hurts me to the core. Ugh. This is the downside to teaching. Good thing it only happens every now and then. Comment and cheer me up!