Today a freshman gave me unsolicited advice on how to get attention from girls: Catch tadpoles from the pond, put them in a jar of water, take them home with you on the bus, and girls will suddenly start asking you questions.
Today at work, I gave all my math students some worksheets to do. One kid said, “But Miss Camille, you’ve got dreadlocks, you’re supposed to be laid back.” I gave him a crinkly confused face, so he put on a weird voice and said, “Come on man, let’s just chill! Let’s all chill out man, we don’t need to do math worksheets.”
All I could say was, “Uhhh you’ve known me long enough to know I don’t relax. I don’t do chilling out, sorry, I don’t even know how. Get started on your worksheets.”
My doctor put me on a second psych med this morning. That was all I could think of as this kid was expecting me to chill out on them. Miss Camille does not chill out so do your damn worksheets!! (j/k).
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