Im with you on the shit day. Me too.
I had 2 situations I didnt know how to cope with today:
1 - a 12 yr old student whose mum sent him to his dads then told him she didnt want him back, then two weeks later phoned him up especially to tell him she had killed his dog - well hes damaged badly, but totally unmanageable. He gave me hell today.
2 - a 14 yr old girl whose mum dropped dead of a heart attack 2 weeks ago, was crying her eyes out in my lesson because another teacher had told her to take her necklace off on the way into my room, then I told her to put it in her bag, then she thought she'd lost it, and it turns out to be a necklace belonging to her mum.
I feel for these guys, but im mentally exhausted. Can I share your hairy monkey flower please?!