Don't flatter yourself

       Although all of the children I work with have their own unique characteristics, personality, and traits, one of the things that I have noticed over the years is that 85% (a complete guesstimation) of them talk to themselves in the bathroom. I don't know if it is because they think nobody is listening and so they use it as an outlet, or what but I have heard some pretty interesting one person discussions go on in there.

      One of my students has a hard time not laughing at serious, dangerous, scary, or inappropriate subjects (hahaha, who doesn't?) so I think he goes in there and has a good laugh at everything he shouldn't, and gets it out of his system. For example, the other day he got up from the table and said:

"Kristen, I have to use the bathroom."

 he got up and shut the door...he then immediately he started laughing. I listened in and he was saying:

"Hahahaha, bullying.....HAHAHAHA SEXUAL HARASSMENT!! HAHAHAHAHA"

Oh man...

Anyways,

Awhile back I was working with a 10 year old boy on the spectrum, and he asked to go to the bathroom. He went in, and I could here him as clear as day:

He said, "I can't believe I'm on a date with Kristen..."

Well, I thought to myself  "Oh how cute, he has a little crush on me..."

                     Then my ego took over......

I thought to myself  "well, I'm not surprised, I am the young cool BI...."

                      I listened once again, and he went on to say:

"Oh man, how am I going to let her down easy? I mean, I don't want to be in this relationship...I'm just going to have to tell it to her straight..."

To my utter surprise, he was in there looking for ways to DUMP ME!!

I was instantly offended...

He came out of the bathroom like nothing ever happened. The nerve!

He sat down at the table...I asked him "Are you ready to work?"

he replied, "yeah, sure..."

I'll chalk that one down as yet another blow to my wounded ego