10. Because I LOVE getting my exercise by chasing David, Akino and Reuben around the library and the entire third floor.
9. Because if I weren?t there, who would tell the other teachers that don?t speak Spanish that the words puta, chupalo, chocha, and huevo are not the innocent pet names that the kids say they are.
8. Because without me Brianna wouldn?t have anyone to call a b**ch!
7. Because I love the exciting new adventures that each day brings: drinking in school, cutting up books, cutting class, spitballs, fights, and actual learning?
6. Because if I weren?t there, who would be there to take two horrific coverages when 50% of the teaching staff is simultaneously ?out sick? on a Monday?
5. Because who else would actually teach a schedule of 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, French, and bilingual classes?
4. Because some of my students think that ?Chingy? is the vice president; North and South California are states and that Bill Clinton freed the slaves.
3. Because I love the feeling I get when I look around the room and I see every student interested and engaged in the task at hand.
2. Because I really do love expanding the horizons of my little darlings and teaching them a thing or two about the world we live in.
1. Because I wouldn?t get to hear Francis say, ?Miss that was a really great lesson?one I?ll remember for the rest of my life!?