It ain't over 'til it's over. It's just as i thought. Right after C gave up the mutt to the dog handler she decided she pretty much can't live without the dog. In spite of her pleading, i'm holding out until after the long weekend. By that time if the original owners haven't picked him up, we will take him. C has been trying to bribe me to go get him before someone else does, but i think it would be best if he went back if he has a family already.

Is it wrong to feel good when you make a child cry? I've done it the last two days in a row, and i keep getting a strange feeling of satisfaction when it happens. On Friday a kid was throwing eraser bit a girl in the next row. I told him to stop if he didn't i'd be taking him outside and he just smiled at me. Not even a minute later he did it again. When he refused to move i started to physically remove him, then i decided i wasn't fighting him. I grabbed his book, bag, and eraser and placed them outside the class. For some reason the feeling of being singled out and unable to participate got him really worked up and he cried a bit while i ignored him. I felt better. I have to start making examples of kids, because i'm tired of them thinking they can get away with everything all the time. The kid i made cry today was being really loud in a large class in a small room. I decided to remind him in front of the class of his 3/10 score on a quiz they had on Friday. One of the other kids made a comment in Korean and he shut up pretty quickly. After class i tried to talk to him and tell him he is smart and can do better when a Korean teacher walked in. She started talking to him and he started to cry a bit when he told her of the other kids making fun of him. I think the shaming thing will be an effective tool to use on some of the unruly classes.
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