Back to the grind

So it's bye bye Christmas break and back to the grind......and wouldn't you know my students don't miss a beat, the first student I encounter of the day proclaimed to me "I'm not very smart today, in fact I am little bit retarded"....really! What the hell am I supposed to do with that? Look I'm not a miracle worker...when the students don't even take the least bit of interest in learning what am I supposed to do? I digress...