Mr. J

Ahhh, Mr. J. He is one of my favorites. I always wondered if teachers had their favorites because they come across to everyone as liking your child and very diplomatic to everyone. But yeah, it's hard to NOT have your favorites. And all for different reasons.

This little boy is so tiny. You sort of want to squish him. It's a little sad because he comes from a "interesting" home. Literally ALL he talks about is video games. The other day, I had lunch duty, and he was strangely walking around all by himself and I said "J___, what are you doing?". He told me something I hardly understood but he basically was IN a video game. He totally lives in a video game ALL the time. Anything we write about (when I let them choose the topic, like "I like ______"), he picks to write about Banjo Kazooie. ALWAYS.

He also tells me sad and strange things like:

1 - "Mrs. Maxfield. Have you seen Lady Gaga? She lays on a bed with a skeleton!" and he says it SO enthusiastically and cute, like he's telling you about his puppy or something.

or

2 - "Mrs. Maxfield, I don't like when my dad drinks beer".

But overall, I need to start writing more down because on a daily basis, he never fails to catch me off guard and laugh!