Awesome, innit?

Two random stories; it was a really long week, but it ended well.  One of our seventh grade teachers came up to me in the office yesterday and told me that he’d heard one of his kids saying something really nice about me.  Apparently one of her friends was having trouble with something and she pulled the girl aside and told her to come down to the office and talk to me, because I was really nice and I’d really helped her when she had a problem.

The punch line to this story:  I haven’t helped enough students in the building that I didn’t remember this one, and what I also remember about that story is that I helped this girl not at all with her problem– I, in fact, told her, her father and her grandmother that there was literally nothing I could do to help her, and when one specific course of action was recommended by her father I actually refused to do it.  Which has somehow resulted in this kid treating me like I’m her best friend in the hallways (she will literally wave to me and say “Hi, best friend!” when she walks past me) and recommending my aid to other people.  I wish I always got that reaction when I was unable to help someone.

The second story: a teacher who I have always suspected is not very fond of me apparently announced to her grade-level team that she preferred it when me and another staff member were running the building, because we have been teachers and understand what it’s like and take care of business in the building efficiently.  This story’s a bit weird too, because again while I appreciate the compliment I’m pretty sure this particular teacher has never written up a student while I’ve been designee.  I’ve never seen a referral with her name on it, either one that came to me or another actual administrator.  Which means that it’s kinda weird that she perceives me as being a professional– not because it isn’t true, because I hope it is, but because I really don’t feel like she’s seen me work.

Finally beat Shadow of Mordor on Wednesday.  Spectacular game.  Plan to spend more of this weekend than I probably ought to playing Dragon Age: Inquisition, too.  I’m not really super into it yet but apparently I’ve seen all of about 1% of the game’s content thus far.