security settings, seriously

So this subbing thing is picking up a little bit. Let's hope it stays that way. I subbed in kindergarten last week, and I'm in that same classroom again tomorrow. Today I subbed in 4th grade working with a kid who can't read. I guess it's just never made sense to him, but he's good at math and all that. Nothing about reading was automatic for him. Weird and interesting. I had a scary moment today while working with him on the computer. He was doing a powerpoint presentation on the secret service, and we were looking for pictures. In the middle of all these pictures of officers, badges, and police vehicles, I saw something that looked not quite right. It was a little thumbnail thing so I wasn't sure, but after looking for a second, I was pretty certain I was looking at a woman with a penis about to go in her mouth. Oh my God, cold sweat, there's a child who hasn't noticed it sitting next to me, holy shit. My hand flew up to the computer screen, and the kid was scrolling down, so I had to keep moving my hand up the screen, finally I grabbed the mouse from him and went to the next page, where there was mercifully no pornography. What the hell, it's a school, they have all these things blocked and all these security settings, and all this shit still gets through. I had nothing to do with the image on the screen, but I was so embarassed, I don't think he saw it though. Damn, teaching is dangerous.

When not shielding children from the dangers of the internet, I've been working a lot at mommy's store and scrambling to get on more sub lists. I'm also at the beginning stages of a little home business. Yes, you guessed it. Children's birthday parties. Can't you see it? My years as a camp counselor have got to be good for something, and I've decided they qualify me to relieve parents of the job of entertaining children for a tidy sum. It's the north shore, people will pay anyone to take care of their kids for them. Wish me luck.