Should be using this time to grade exams

It's my planning period, but I don't feel like spending the whole thing grading papers. I've been grading papers constantly all week, and frankly, I'm damn tired of it.

I kept a couple of boys in during lunch to work on makeup work. I'm pissed off that I have to use my own time to do stuff like that, but it may be the only way I can get some of them on the ball. I told these two (and I meant it) that I was tired of them acting like slugs in my class when I've been giving them every opportunity to even turn their work in late. I just want it DONE. I also told them that I have every intention (and I do) of referring them to the special class over at the Alternative School, where they'll be forgotten by all of their friends, and they can go ahead and be slugs if that's what they want.

I kept them after school for "tutoring" (catch up) and referred them for the week of remediation next week, just to catch up. They didn't even take the papers home, even though it would mean probably 10 points just added onto their average for the quarter.

I've given them 9 freaking weeks to get off their lazy butts and get the work in to me. They daydream and sleep instead of working when they have time. And they honestly (and mistakenly) believe they'll be passed on again this year. They won't. They'll be tossed to the Alternative School.

That's why I'm pissed off at them. They cut their own noses off to spite their faces, and I'm left holding the bag and responsibility at the end. I'm tired of wrestling with these two deadbeats. I'm tired of these kids' test scores being solely laid at my doorstep for blame.