Back when I was in High School, one of our teachers liked to
keep us up on current events. He would xerox articles out of
magazines or newspapers, and we would read, discuss, and/or
write about them. One time, he'd used an article out of
Playboy. The only reason we knew was because he forgot to white-
out or cut off the magazine's name at the bottom of the page.
It was a laugh back then, and is a funny memory now.

On 6/24/09, Amanda wrote:
> That sounds like something my mom would do too...and i would
> have been humiliated for a very long time. I feel so bad for
> the girl...
>
>
> On 5/14/09, Leticia wrote:
>> I have a problem with a couple of girls in my class
>> bringing and reading their fashion magazines while I am
>> teaching the class. I used to just confiscate them for the
>> day and give them back, but that obviously didn't work. Now
>> after getting the parents approval (of course) I shred the
>> magazines and take the scraps home and use them in my
>> garden as Mulch. A few weeks ago I confiscated a couple of
>> Latina and Glamour magazines from one of my students. I
>> called her mother at work and explained that I had just
>> confiscated your daughters' fashion magazines that she was
>> reading during my class time, Please come and get them or
>> they will go to the garbage. She asked "can I drop by later
>> on today" and I said sure. Well she showed up with a small
>> trash bag filled with all her daughters' fashion magazines
>> from home and some of her daughters' make-up and told
>> her, "either you tear up all your magazines and throw them
>> in trash or I will smash your make-up and rip up the
>> magazines myself" She pleaded with her mother not to, but
>> she wasn't having any of it. She said You are supposed to
>> go to school to learn not read fashion magazines. I had to
>> leave work to deal with this situation. She then asked to
>> see the magazines that I took away. When I gave her the
>> mags she turned to her daughter and ripped up both
>> magazines and said "this is for disturbing me at
>> work". "Don't expect to see any more magazines come in the
>> mail because I canceled all of them" If I see any in your
>> room I'll tear them up and throw them away.
>>
>> It's Nice to know that I have the mother on my side
>>
>>
>> Do any of you teachers have this problem and if so how do
>> You deal with the situation?
>>
>> Leticia

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