lazy and stupid. and lazy.

i came into school at chapter 5. in this chapter are the special right triangles. apparently special right triangles are anathema to lazy, stupid, lazy, stupid kids who are lazy and stupid. and lazy.

i've been told many a time that mister cotton was and is a better teacher than i am. he made things easier to understand. he made it so whatever they were learning was simpler. i had an a- before you came! i had a c average! i was passing his class!

never mind that these kids who used to do so well when mr. cotton was here now sit in my class and refuse to take notes, open a book, touch a pencil or do any of the homework, even during the time i give them in class (oh, and refuse to take quizzes. how stupid can you be?). and when i suggest that, possibly, just maybe, the reason mister cotton made the material easier and simpler is that mister cotton was teaching them easier, simpler material, as he was there earlier in the year, i am shot down by the all powerful, "nuh uh!"

a lot of these kids are going nowhere. slowly. after the first week, i could already tell who was going to pass, who was going to fail, and who deserved what. this whole thing, with the homework and the quizzes and the notebooks, it's a formality. i don't need to calculate their grades to be able to tell who is going to be worth something later in life.