20 school days (this of course is not Saturday or Sunday even though I work on school work on those days) left until summer break. Last year I worked at the high school and new exactly how many days until senior last day because they posted it on the marker board and they had apps that told them which they shared with daily. This year I am in the elementary world and the students generally do not know how many days are remaining (the staff sure does) but show me in so many other ways that summer break is around the corner. Examples please?
2nd grade students approaching me in the hallway and telling me someone wrote naughty words on the door of the boys bathroom. It is spelled F U LL K and they have no idea what it means. Okay niether do I , it is either a really bad phonetic spelling (or invented spelling) of a word I know they know what it means (yes even in 2nd grade they ride the bus) or someone was full K. I did spend almost 10 minutes with the custodian trying to find it and then said ...end of the year if I can't see it yet it aint there. By the way the bathrooms are not real clean at the end of the day.
Our cook is fantastic and the meals are well prepared and loved by all. Well the head cook in order to follow new dietary guidelines is trying new recipes all the month. While helping students in line I hear the entire line say ...'EWWW' when she put the item on their trays. Of course I go in and talk about respect for the cook and how she has great new recipes and they are so good for us. I look at the caserole and almost loose my cookies. It is rice and vegtables with whole beans and chunks of something. So I take a tray and remark how I am going to try it and I know it will be great. I follow the student out to the tables and one drops the tray to the ground and the caserole goes all over (unfortunately in large pile). The custodian comes around the corner and says loudly, 'Who threw up!' Okay how to get anyone to eat after that is next to impossible. I will admit I ate the stuff and it was good but had to look away from the tray to get it into my mouth. Is it the end of the year yet?
Another student example, we are out of recess balls. Where are they...of course all on the roof. Not coming down till the end of school (the wind has been gererous to the students lately and blowing a couple off a week but the students to protest kick them right back up the next day). Makes for a rough recess duty when students who are getting tired off school have nothing to kick, oh wait let me put that differently. Students don't have balls to kick at recess but they are making up for it by kicking eachother, trees, equipment , fences, and anything that holds still long enough.
Prom is a high school sign that the summer vacation is almost here. I am not in charge of prom this year but will be helping with the beautiful affair. I also have a daughter who is attending. So back to glueing tons of glitter onto her six inch heels (shoes $10 , glitter shoes $45, glitter $2 so we are gluing ) I am also making a fantastic prom dress from scratch ( We call it a one of a kind designer dress, not MOM is CHEAP). Who in the world put it in girls heads that a prom dress to be beautiful had to cost $500? (Let me know I could get a passe ready in a minute).
So back to work....Summer Vacation is almost nigh!
