Classroom Comedy: Kids ARE the darndest things! :)

Today I wore dark brown tights and camel colored microsuede skirt.  When I got home and changed into something comfy, I found tiny balls of camel colored microsuede embedded in my brand new great feeling tights.

I picked them off the best I could but I was reminded of last year and the “ordeal.”

We got lice in my classroom.  They popped around.  First one child, then another.  We spent the entire fall and winter battling lice.  It spread from one classroom to another.  (Cause you know they are friends with other kids in other classes and they spend the night, etc.)

Us teachers were freaking out.  We wore buns and braids.  Our sofas were off limits and covered with sheets.  We threw out pillows and rugs.  But nothing helped.  Two of us dye our hair so we were told we were REALLY OK.  (It didn’t soothe our minds)  We itched and called each other on the phone and scratched and wrinkled our noses.  We all panicked.

The kids got their hair cut.  They bathed regularly.  From September to January once every month, each class in fourth grade had an appointment to visit the school nurse.

The first few months we were all so hopeful and then devastated when we still got reports of lice. (always nits, never live)

The relief we all felt when we all finally passed our monthly lice check was strange.  We kinda didn’t believe it.  We just knew SOMEONE had gotten through and been missed.  But, no.  It was finally over.  The months of itching and scratching were soon replaced with summer skirts and no coats. 

And while this post isn’t about a particularly funny student, it is about a peculiar and funny time of my teaching career.  My first experience with lice in the classroom.  Funny.  Now.

Thank goodness I remain anonymous!  After writing this, I gotta go itch.

After our initial class blog, I had the children write what they thought about blogging.  Honestly, I was hoping to get something funny to put here.  Alas, my children were dead serious in all their answers.  But, I am going to post some of the answers anyway because Drew might find a use for them in his data collection.

AA – I think the blogging is fun.  I think we should do blogging again.  I think it’s productive.  I think it helps with typing and computer skills.  That’s why I think we should do it again.

CO – It was fun to talk to each other with the computer because we had silly names!  Plus, some people like to use technology like me.  You learn to type with other kids.  You can write a comment or question about what they write.  You get to answer other people’s questions that they ask you.  YEAH!!!  That is my favorite part about blogging.

AR – Although some of us didn’t stay on the topic, we still did learn.  It was a bunch of fun.  We learn how to be polite on the internet.

AN – Today when we did blogging it was fun because I got to know other people’s opinions.

WI – It was so much fun!  It will really help me with my typing.

JA – I thought that this was a fun way to talk online and learn.

CH – It was a good experience.  I like blogging.  It is fun and exciting.  You can ask questions!

EL – I think blogging is a fun way to show your feelings.  Blogging can help fins answers and that made it fun.  Blogging is also fun because you don’t know who you are chatting with.  You can learn a lot by hearing what people have to say.  You can also write back to the person and that is fun too.

Be – Blogging was great.  I loved posting my opinion.

So, there you are.  Straight from the kids – their opinions on blogging.  I noticed that they really enjoyed the fact that they could ask questions.  Don’t we all want to ask a question and not feel dumb?