it seems that no matter how many times they are proven wrong, children still think that their teachers are simpletons who will fall for the story of the day, whatever that story may be. on monday one of the middle schoolers turned in a note from his mother. problem was, the large and illegible handwriting resembled that of a kindergartener. still, the student looked the principal in the eyes and said, "that is the way my mom writes". and again, today at lunchtime a student insisted he was too full to stuff another bite in his mouth. he had obviously eaten very little of the healthier foods on his tray, and i was trying to get him to eat a bit more. when he told me that he had eaten ten chicken nuggets, i eyed the small mountain of nuggets on the tray, raised my eyebrow, and replied, "they don't give students that many nuggets". then i stared him down until he admitted that, yes, he had eaten just one nugget. we negotiated. he ate two more.
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The "note from mom" story reminds me of some of the notes I got way back when I was an attendance clerk at Curtis. They really think we have no smarts! Ha! The nuggets story reminds me of when all of you were younger and wanting to skip dinner and move on to dessert! Your dad's favorite reply would have been, "My food tummy is full, but my dessert tummy is empty!" Come to think of it, it STILL one of his favorite replies! The other night he was perfectly willing to skip dinner and have chocolate sheet cake for dinner. Who talked me into posting? Hmmm . . . no one person really, just a combination of comments of basically, "Why not?!!" As I said, I definitely will NOT make it a habit!
Sorry, but I just CAN'T bring myself to leave a reply on pleo to your latest entry. NO!! Save your money! What are you thinking, girl?!! Or were you just trying to stir something up? You little rebel, you!
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