Countdown to the End: Day 6

I must have really looked bad today because multiple people asked me if I was okay, including the students. I didn’t feel very good at all. I didn’t throw up all day, so I think that means I’m making progress. I started telling more people that I was pregnant just to explain my absence. It was more to explain why I looked like shit everyday. I didn’t tell my students. I really tried to distance myself from them, so it wouldn’t be as sad to leave. That really worked because I wasn’t here the last two days. Today was the last day for the seniors, so in most classes I was giving the seniors their finals. I spent most of the day finishing up the senior’s grades. They are due tomorrow at 8am. I had a couple of seniors that didn’t show up today, and they won’t pass unless they take the final. I had to contact the guidance office to make sure that those seniors come in tomorrow. I'm worried that a couple of seniors won't graduate unless they pass my class. These students are using Horticulture for one of their science credits since I'm also endorsed in science.

My husband and a former student volunteered to
lend a hand. I'm proud of all my students, current
and former. 

At the end of the school day I got an email from the activities director secretary asking me to stop in and see her when I get a chance. I went to see her and she said that on the school credit card a purchase was made with no receipt given, and it was the day that I signed for the card. I usually don’t ever run my own errands. I have my interns, which are responsible students, do them. I sign off for the credit card and have them take the card and make the purchase needed. They have to bring back a receipt. When the card statement came for the month, there was an extra purchase that they didn’t have a receipt for. The purchase made was at a local convenience store that I didn't get anything from. When she told me I immediately knew who the students were that had made the unauthorized purchase, and I was livid. I had two senior boys go get some things at the local hardware store, but after that they went to get breakfast at the local convenience store and used the school credit card. I told the secretary I would take care of it before anyone else was involved. Seniors have to come in tomorrow to practice for graduation on Sunday. I told the secretaries to call the boys to my room tomorrow morning, and I would take care of this. I’m still so ticked at them. I trusted them, and they steal from the school. If the secretary had waited even a day to tell me the seniors would have been checked out already and gone for good. I’m still undecided about what I want to say to them. I’m just so disappointed in them. I have had these two since they were freshman, and I know their families pretty well. I taught their older siblings, and knew them before they were even in high school. I thought about calling their parents, but I want them to do the right thing on their own before I involve anyone else.

I know I made the right decision because I won’t have to be disappointed when students do such stupid things.