Overheard, Overseen at Dismissal

Overheard:

"I saw a white rat. I touched it, and it hugged me."

Overseen:

Our newest class clown slapped his own butt at the end of the "Find Your Seat" song. Zing! 

Standardized Testing

...is the worst.

I took my own yesterday. So terrible. I understand trying to be intimidating for the sake of maintaining order, but come on. Do we have to get fingerprinted and have our passports checked?

"Field" Day

It rained a lot today. So much we had to stay indoors for Field Day. No Pelham Bay Park. No field. No daylight. People had to barbecue our burgers outside in the rain.

My school is located in a renovated kosher sausage factory. It is small. Sounds reverberate.

I've never had so much stimulation, and it'll be a long time before I recover.

Green Grasshoppers

For field day tomorrow, I'm in the Green Grasshoppers. Here's our cheer:

Green Grasshoppers. Green Grasshoppers. What you gonna do when we conquer you? Green Grasshoppers. 

(Think "Bad Boys, Bad Boys" but with awkward syllabification.)

I don't even know...

We had vision and hearing tests yesterday, and apparently nearly half my class is getting referred for more intensive vision screening. I mean, really? Plus 3 of them already have glasses.

2 kids got ominous letters home saying they "may have a hearing problem." Oh, man. Remember those tests? Maybe it was just me, but they were petrifying. I figured I'd find out I was either deaf or schizophrenic.

I think I cheated a number of times. Beep?

Blisters

Today I learned that Blister Beetles have poisonous blood that oozes on their captors, causing blisters.

I also learned that glue right out of the hot glue gun will stick on you. And give you a big blister. 

My forefinger is throbbing and coco helado can only help so much.

Hello, Spirit Week

It's spirit week. This means all week long the kids are going to be anxious, hyped up, jittery, and on edge.  This madness began today and will culminate on Friday at Pelham Bay Park. It'll be Field Day, which means we'll all get wet pants from water balloons. Better than wet pants from the alternative(s)!

Today was "Choose Your Own Way" to show spirit. My class voted on "Hats and Glasses." 

I had been keeping my fingers crossed for fake noses, mustaches, and black frames. No such luck. 

One of my favorites got through a loop hole in the rules. He for sure wore glasses, but the hat was a little iffy. His reasoning was that, today, his hair counted as a hat. We had to give it to him. I mean, how could you not? 

I think he's been gearing up all year for this. Me, I'm just having trouble finding a somewhat professional-looking outfit for multi-color day tomorrow.