"Suck my balls!"

A day to be reckoned with--- when I came out from my usual fifteen minute lunch, two of my usually well-behaved boys were sitting on the wall. Apparently, they had used their lunch time telling other people to "suck [their] balls!" After a little bit of interviewing (and A LOT of crying), two other boys were singled out as having said it, too. I was VERY disappointed, and wanted them all to call home. I would usually send them to the office so I wouldn't have to repeat such language in front of the rest of my students, but the office was too busy, so I had to do the calling with my cell phone as the rest of the class looked at book orders. Mr. D'Alessio, the vice principal, came by, and scared the boys by asking them, in their face, what they said. Of course, none of the students wanted to tell the vice principal, "suck my balls" so they all looked ashamed. Mr. D said, "I'm guessing, somethign not very nice." They all nodded their heads.

Later, after a lot of phone crying and "Mama! Mama!" I e-mailed Mr. D'Alessio to tell him what exactly had been said. This veteran junior high teacher replied with a "So?"