MWA 8 and 9

Middle School "Alternative Education" Subbing Thoughts of the Day:
1) Never again.
2) UNO doesn't seem like the best game for the disturbed kids to play.
3) A trained counselor is not a trained teacher. Clearly not all are aware of this fact.
4) Substitute counselor plus substitute teacher plus four socially challenged kids = good thing they like UNO.
5) I'm starting to understand the paradox of adults cursing, but not wanting kids to curse.
6) Of all the classrooms to NOT be equipped with a camera...
7) Today I discovered my ghetto voice. Yes, we all have one. Right Megan Teer?
8) How does one discipline kids who are already at the bottom of the disciplinary barrel?
9) I think the end of the childhood disorder maze is what we've known all along: that each child is unique. But each adult is also unique, and adulthood doesn't care what disorder you have.
10) When student fights can begin life as conversations online, physically separating them in class doesn't seem to accomplish much.
11) At some point you resign yourself to "at least they're quiet".
12) I'm starting to believe that a child's taste in music could demonstrate his/her mental state, at least to some degree. We naturally seek out art with which we connect, so it makes sense for a child wanting to lash out physically to find music which does so verbally.
13) Sometimes my subconscious feeds me what-if images or scenarios that make me tear up in awkward situations.
14) I find it interesting that seemingly none of the people shouting "don't force obedience on children" are parents.
15) Never forget: Robb Stark's child could still be alive.
16) Among my top 10 favorite parts of childhood was that science was all exciting facts and no math.
17) It feels really difficult to be a hard authoritarian when your worst student is named "Duard".
18) It's amazing how easily one becomes offended on behalf of one's wife. Especially if she's a teacher.
19) Someday, I'd like to meet a public school coach who isn't a walking mass of conservative American cliches.
20) Every guy needs at least one male friend who embodies at least two negative male stereotypes.
21) That awkward moment when you find yourself accidentally trying to translate "La Bamba".
22) Remember when we trusted each other enough to have live-fire shooting galleries at the state fair? Remember that it was also the time when only white people were allowed in? Coincidence?
23) Student quote of the day: "I don't get anything for not getting in trouble!"