L-not OL

Today I learned it is possible to laugh - really hard with shoulders shaking - in total silence. I had a student in my office staring at the schedule of choices and taking her time to decide what to put in hour 3. I was not sympathetic as she wanted to drop a Biology class because it was filled with Sophomores. (She is a "senior" who has failed nearly everything for the past 2 years.) Besides, "there are kids in there I don't get along with" (How could this be?, I asked, They're Sophomores!)... "and I don't need the drama." I am gonna clock the next kid who tells me s/he "doesn't need the drama" - unless of course they just want to drop period 4 Drama class. Anyway, I'm getting bored while she stares at the schedule, so I read Valencia's retelling about Ethan's fingers - and I laugh really hard, shoulders shaking, but not out loud. Then Melanie drops Biology, explaining (in answer to my q) that her long term plans are to drop out of school, get her GED, and go to PPCC to become a nurse. Sure, it's not like you'll need Biology for nursing. I laugh again - but not out loud.