on friday night, when i was at my lowest, one of my former students came up to me, put his arm around me, and asked, "what's wrong, peachberry?" when i told him nothing, he asked, "you get in trouble again?" (referring to, of course, last year's nasty habit of receiving letters in my file on a regular basis). when i told him no and explained that i was just burned out on delta men b/c they cheat and lie, he simply said, "yeah, they do. want me to beat them all up for you?" i laughed and said sure. he looked around, pointed at a particularly large man and said, "okay, i'll start with him" and started walking towards him menacingly.

so, i pulled him back and shanghai'd him into babysitting my step group for their car wash this past weekend... his exact response to that was, "s.g.? wet and nearly nekked? ha! i'll be there." and i had my over-18, non-student, supervising adult. slightly shady? perhaps. BUT i got my adult, the girls got their car wash, and he got a whole lotta female attention. sounds like the perfect equation to me.

as a side note: no, i don't normally just blurt stuff out about my personal life to students, even former ones. it was just that kind of night, and he's just that kind of kid.