I don’t want to be anything other than me.
Fake people upset me because it’s hard to actually tell when they’re genuine or not. I try to be honest with my students. And even when it gets difficult, being honest with their parents seem to remedy about 45% of the problems.
Today was rather hilarious when a student decided to play with another student’s phone and shine a light directly into the front of the room to which I was lecturing. When I noticed, I took the phone away as well as the food he was eating. I subsequently dumped his chips into the trash can to which he said “My mom is going to yell at you and you’re going to get fired!” I told him good luck with him, wrote him a referral, and the school responded with a required parent conference, as usual. I’m sure he’ll be back in a few days and nothing will change.
I don’t want to be
Anything other than what I’ve been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I’m tired of looking ’round rooms
Wondering what I’ve got to do
Or who I’m supposed to be
I don’t want to be anything other than me
