Why I have a twitter account

Our library uses both FB & Twitter (and Meebo, and text a librarian), but I have a Twitter account b/c of a conversation I had some time ago with my daughter, who teaches math in a Chicago school.

Me: I kind of don't get Twitter. Why would people read a play-by-play of my day? It's not that interesting! And I have so much I want to read already that I can't see adding tweets...

Mary:the only reason I would have a Twitter account is b/c my students say the funniest things - they're really amusing.

Me: well, if you join Twitter I'll follow you

Mary: OK!

and I do enjoy her tweets, and am now following a bunch of people, but I don't tweet much. I am being followed by some martial arts dude in Australia who apparently picked up a tweet about ninja librarians I sent - hmmm.

Some Mary tweets:
(which are much funnier if you know her voice, and also this is what happens when you post at 3 AM - maybe I should try sleep?)

J (17, male, wears motorcycle boots) raised his hand and asked "can I go the bathroom so I can try?"

I told a kid who said I was boring that he'd have a few more years to experience it if he didn't start doing work.

My new student looks at me and goes, "they're not going to look in our bags are they? Cause I sell....not drugs"

1. There are over 20 cops here. 2. We're on lockdown. 3. For a gang fight. 4. Between PARENTS (that's class)

Grandma: We had a cinco thing tonight...watered down margaritas and only one person had to be taken out in an ambulance.

In other news, I got a fwd from my granddad titled: Fwd: no viagra, its really from me (glad we got the spam issue fixed)

ha ha ha ha...my class is "worse than jail"

Ah yes, Nancy B. Jefferson...the "selective enrollment"* school. (*you select to go there via some sort of crime)


Kid says he "took a trip out of town". Which is true if by "out of town" you mean "jail". I know how that one works...

My grandmother would prefer I get married sooner rather than later because "I'm old and I could be dead by then." Not likely.

OK, I threw in a couple of grandparents so it wouldn't be so heavy on the jail/gang/crime thing...