The Thirteenth Day of Oh Kinderness!

Well, here we go everyone, starting with the thirteenth day of Oh Kinderness:


On the thirteenth day of Oh Kinderness my students gave to me, thirteen students laughing at my "BURN!"


So this story is definitely one of my all-time favorites!  It is up there with the kids miscounting on the number wall and the phone number on the hand boy (which, by the way, he was in this class).  I was teaching in a sixth grade class and these kids were beyond nutty this particular day and quite disrespectful, a typical sub day.  At most of the school sites where I sub the sixth grade students change classes, which means I have two to three different groups of students throughout the day.  For some reason there is always a really good group, a not so good group, and a "I wish I had a yard stick to slap on this table" group.  The group I am talking about is the yard stick group.  Things were getting out of hand and I had just about had it, so I gave a short spurt on my whistle.  I know, I know, this was a terrible thing to do because it shows a lack of control, but I did what I had to do (sorry to all of you educators out there).  Immediately after one of the students who had been pushing my buttons throughout the day looked at me and uttered these words, with much attitude may I add, "Oooo, you're not supposed to blow a whistle in class.  You're gonna be in trouble."  Wrong answer missy.  Fire was already burning in my bones and she just made it spread.  I looked back at her and without missing a beat I replied, "Well I just did."  Almost immediately another button pusher, probably the worst one in class, turned around amidst the oo's and ah's, put his hand up and said, "Oo BURN!  That's a burn!"  It took everything in me not to burst out laughing and give him a high five, so instead. . . I burned him back :)  My response was "Button pusher, what makes you think I would give you a high five?!  Put your hand down."  Of course, everyone then laughed at him and we were able to get back to the lesson.


Word to the wise children: Don't mess with Miss S.


Oh Kinder!