Today I wanted to talk to y'all about passing notes. Remember when we were in middle school and passing notes was THE THING to do? Well, apparently....it still IS the thing to do! You see, I teach 8th grade, and believe me when I tell you....I've SEEN IT ALL when it comes to note-passing.
Just a warning...if a few curse words are offensive to you, I apologize!!! I'm showing you the notes AS I FOUND THEM, in all their glory!!!
Let me show you...
Exhibit A:
Christmas 2010. Student passes me a note. It's a Christmas card. I'm SO EXCITED. The card looks so pretty!
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| The outside of my card |
Then....I open it.....
Isn't that just the nicest thing you ever read?!!?! I was so so so shocked!!!!!! Needless to say, this child was suspended.
Exhibit B:
September 23, 2011.
Student writes an open letter letting everyone know why he's failing my English class....
Yeah...its MY fault you don't As and Bs, buddy.
Exhibit C:
January, 2012
Young man passes this note to a young lady sitting next to him....
Who says romance is dead???
Not all the notes I collect are bad, though!!!!
This one was my favorite. He always called me his "angel" because I helped him pass all his tests!!! So sweet!
This next note I just found last week....I teach at a new school now, and you can see a HUGE difference in the way these kids think compared to the way the kids at my last school did....
I love how he said she reminded him of a cute Korean pop star!!! LOL!!!
If you are interested in seeing any more of my middle school amazing-ness,
click over here and read a few of my stories!!!!!
Happy Friday, loves!!!!
30 comments:
I teach 4th grade and I had to laugh when I saw your notes! I usually pick up things along the lines of "Do you think Miss B is so hot?" or "She's so mean!!!!" but thankfully my kids don't use curse words in notes (yet).
Gotta love em!
Holy Schnikies!!! I cannot believe what those kids wrote!
The last one is so so sweet though. Adorable!
Wow, I don't think I'd have tough enough skin to deal with kids writing unkind things about me. My respect for teachers just tripled (and it was a high level to begin with!) But it seems like you're at a much better school now =) Sweet kids!
omg that first christmas card is crazy!
I work at the Central Office for our district as the Communications/Community Relations Coordinator and when I was helping a middle school by proctoring EOGs in May I had a kid say, "Ms. Edmondson, have you got some black in you?" I said, "No, sure don't" and he responded with, "Would you like some?". I was speechless.
OMG I'm horrified at the "wanna go to my house" note!! SERIOUSLY?? Although, when I taught 5th grade 17 years ago, I confiscated a note from a girl where she was describing herself dressed up in lingerie giving a BJ. Yep. 5th grade. Needless to say, we brought in the parents. She was horrified...but not as horrified as her parents! Glad you also have your 'angels'!!
:) m.
My daughter will begin teaching next year.. I'm emailing her the link to your page so she can see what she's in for. Holy smokes.. What the heck happened to these kids??
These notes were hilarious! I especially liked the last one...that little boy was too cute with the Korean pop star pick up line! Lol
Kids just amaze me and now alwayas in a good way LOL. The last note was super sweet though!
Gosh I wish my kids still passed notes. I have to fight the fight with texting.
Omg those first few are horrendous!!!!
The last couple are too sweet though :)
I just died laughing. That Christmas card...I think I might have laughed my head off at her and then sent her to the officer. Points for creativity, I guess!
OH Wow!Those notes are awful! Except for the last two...Made me laugh though, after I picked my jaw up off the floor :)
Kids are craaaazy!!!!! And that's just a few proofs of it. I hope that note about "effing" at a house was from someone over the age of 16...but I doubt it looking at all the handwritings. Ugh so sad. :(
hahahahaha cute Korean pop star! That's great! And the Christmas card? seriously?! Kids these days...
I just about died!! 8th graders dropping the eff bomb?? Talking about f*cking? Makes me want to cry!
The last note is too cute though :)
oh.my.gosh! That first one? I was thinking how nice it was that they made a Christmas card...then I saw the inside. I was like WTF?!?
WOW - I can't believe these!!! These kids have some guts, I could have never done anything like that when I was that age! I was too chicken and my parents would have probably killed me!
Oh my goodness! I couldn't believe my eyes when you opened that Christmas card. Ha! I agree with what Meghan posted... my parents would have grounded me for life!
Rachel
This still makes me laugh SO hard!! (PS-thanks for the shoutout, love!)
xoxo
Some of these notes are hilarious, and the one blue note is just so sweet!
woooow to those notes. i can't even imagine how my face would look if i read those in person. i'd flip! that last one was super cute though. what a cute kid!
Those were some brazen children at the last school. I saw the same thing in NYC and LA. Shock at first, and then it became normal... which is sad!
The angel card is too precious, though! I love it! You really do make a difference, and just spending time with you at blogger events has proven to me that you really are as kind, funny, and intelligent as you seem on your blog. Michelle, you are awesome! Baby Apple scored big time in the mama department!
Junior High students are sooooo mean! That is crazy.
My roommate teaches the same grade, and he sees a lot of it too. lol
this is epic. LOVED it!
I just read these aloud to the hubby. Hilarious!
Wow, I guess romance really isn't dead! At least that boy was getting straight to his point in that note! Gotta give him props for that, I guess.
I love that card with a heart and a halo. It is absolutely adorable! :)
I LOVED this post, notes are a lot different now than when I was little! haha
SO FLIPPIN" HILARIOUS!! The one that stands out to me is the nice Merry Christmas card on the outside, then BOOOOOM.. slammed on the inside! JEEEZE!!!
Korean Pop Star?!?! A still doing the yes/no check/circle one?! Never gets old! That's how my hubs snatched my heart 10 years ago!
These kids are getting more bold as years go on... I can't believe they say what they say and they know what they know.. unbelievable!!!
These are AMAZING!! I love that kids are still passing notes...I got caught passing notes in middle school to the boy I had a crush on and a teacher read it out loud to the whole cafeteria. I still want to die!
WOW. My son is a Middle schooler (6th) this year and some of those notes make me AFRAID for him. I wished we had more time to chat at the HBSymposium but I thought you asked a good question. It was a fun time. I'm a subscriber now so keep the good stuff coming!
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