the valley of tears
Everyone Cries.
I had to assure my class of this yesterday afternoon, as Everyone Did.
Meltdowns of that magnitude (OK it wasn't Everyone, but six kids crying simultaneously - particularly in the fifth grade - is a lot) are rare.
Two were sobbing because they were in deep kim chee for an assortment of things I have no time or desire to recap. Another was blubbering because, I found out later, he wanted to talk about being mistreated by his parents. Yet another had a teary freak-out when I roared at him for answering a call from his mom on his cell phone in class (the ironic thing is, I was joking; I have no time to explain the "joking roar" but trust me, everyone got it but him) and then his girl-friend (not girlfriend) started crying, too.
Buddha Jr. (not feeling so creative right now), knowing I was going to call his parents about the day's long list of violations, gave me another Rice Krispies treat yesterday. "Because I have been so out of it," he said, batting his lashes. "I'm sorry."
Sweet. But I still called his dad.
2 comments:
OMG- bribing the teacher- how hilarious!
Sounds like you had FUN at school that day... bet you were all like, "Lord, please make this week go by slow- Iʻm loving this too much to have a weekend of peace and solitude."
Hehe.
that's exactly what i was thinking. in fact, i often wish the week were longer, so precious are the hours spent with these angels. LOL.
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