tease

connor: they're teasing me about who i like.

me: ignore them.

connor: i don't like ignoring them. i'm the kind of guy who likes to take action.

news

every morning fiona reports to me the happenings of the previous night and the early morning:

"victoria [her little sister] smelled my breath this morning and said it smelled like bologna...but it was actually bacon."

also, "it's pretty much my fault that stanley steamer is coming to our house today. i was going to throw up in the bathroom, but i got some on the carpet and my mom cleaned it, but the carpet is still brown."

connor

without even trying, connor is one of the most entertaining students i've had:


he was laughing at something, then abruptly stopped and said, "actually, that's not funny. my brain can't tell the difference between lame or funny."

"i like action movies. they are violent movies, but i call it action. it sounds nicer that way, don't you think?"

it is common practice for me to give nicknames to my students: charleigh is charleigh bucket and jaxon is jaxon browne. connor one day had a great idea: "we should consider merging charleigh and jaxon. then we'd have charleigh browne in our class."

"i wish there was rock band for michael jackson's greatest hits. i'd even like rock band for michael jackson's crappiest hits."

the day after confessing that he had a crush on holland: "i don't really like holland. that was a cover up."