Murder, She Wrote

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Two-juveniles-charged-in-deadly-pizza-melee-80748947.html

Yep. This story is about one of our sophomores. Arrested at school for double homicide. Seriously? Kind of threw me and my coworkers for a loop.. I mean, we know our kids are bad, but killing people bad? I didn't know the kid personally, can't even put a face to the name, but apparently the cops had been investigating his connection with the murders for some six weeks before they made their arrest. And in that time he had been showing up to school regularly. Crazy.

Papa Don't Preach

Yesterday one of my students says to me, "Ms. Chew, you're about to be a grandma." Which was her way of telling me she's pregnant. She's due in July, after graduation. I mean.. what am I supposed to say to that?

I have another girl who I'm so sure is pregnant, but I have no idea how to go about asking. Do I ask her friend? Should I just ask her? And if I find out she is.. what am I supposed to say to that?

There's a boy and a girl in one of my classes who had a kid together their freshmen year. His mother took the baby in and is the main caregiver nowadays. They're on and off again as a couple, which means sometimes they're not talking to each other. And sometimes they sit together in class and cupcake. So really.. what am I supposed to say to that? "Listen, I know you two have a kid together so obviously you have a hard time keeping your hands off each other.. but you're both failing this class so can you please get it together??"

Seriously.