Diary of a Mad Black Woman

I work with a wonderful woman named Mrs. Lee. Mrs. Lee teaches high school special ed algebra. Now, a normal student in my school comes with enough issues and problems without a special classification. So you can imagine what her daily classroom is probably like. Mrs. Lee has been teaching for 34 years now, and has seen just about everything. I can’t say that I agree with Mrs. Lee’s philosophy of education, or all of her methods. But regardless of what she says in the teachers lounge while she eats her Chinese food – everyday – I know she genuinely cares about her students. Regardless, the reason why I mention this mad black woman is because daily I am laughing at her comments regarding our school, our students, and her life. And the great thing is that she isn’t trying to be funny, it’s just who she is. So I’m going to grace the reader (that isn’t a typo) of this blog with a picture of Mrs. Lee and provide my favorite Mrs. Lee quotes.

First, the picture

Next, the quotes (spoken in a distinct African-American dialect)

“Boy, you're stuck on stupid!”

“Get away from my door. You’re making it ugly!”

“Go away! The trash gets thrown out every day and you’re no different!”

“Girl, tuck your shirt in, your fat rolls are showing.”

Speaking to a group of students who claim she is sitting at their lunch table:
Students: “Hey, this is our table.”
Mrs. Lee: “Yeah, well it’s MY table now!”

Hum…well, it sounds funny in person. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the delightful comments by this awesomely funny teacher I work with. She really is a great person. She just speaks to her students the way their moms would…she expects them to act like they’ve got brains in their heads instead of acting like idiots. I can respect that regardless of the methods.