Alright Kids,
I know it has been a long year and I know you're tired but I need your help. Yes, me your teacher, needs your help. I know it's supposed to be the other way around but help me help you. Yes I know that was awkward and cliché but it's true. How can you do that? That's an excellent question. Let me tell you it's very easy. Listen. Not just to me but to each other. Respect. I'm shocked that you still don't understand what this word means in English or Български. You have grown up together, you see each other every day and you still think it's okay to throw around racial slurs and fight with each other. I'm sorry that you've been taught this but in my classroom I will not accept or allow this behavior. Respect my time. We only have 45 minutes (more like 40 since I always let you leave 5 minutes early), you won't starve to death, pee your pants, or go into severe nicotine withdrawal in that amount of time. Be patient with me. I know it's not fair that I can really only speak English and that many of you were stuck with an absentee teacher last year if you even studied English at all. If I could speak perfect Bulgarian to you and help you understand I would, but in the mean time please forgive my solecisms and don't make me feel like a complete idiot for saying "homemade" instead of "homework". I do the same for you.
We're in this together. Enough jabbering, let's learn some English.
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