Last Thursday, my birthday, was such a great day at school! Here is my favorite story of the day:
Sometimes teachers release students from computer lab according to certain criteria, for example, "If your birthday is in February, you are released to go to lunch." or "If you rode your bike to school today, you may go to lunch." On this particular day the teacher was having some fun and got a little caught up in the moment--she said, "If you have a ponytail, you may go to lunch," and then said, "If you're wearing boxers you may go to lunch." Well, all of the girls in the room were stricken! You would have loved the looks on their faces...some were positively aghast! I was also feigning disgust and whining about TMI! But it was hilarious! What was interesting was that a dozen or so boys made a beeline for the door, but three remained behind. The teacher realized that her criteria might have been just slightly across the line, so she said, "If you're a boy or a girl, you may go." There was general chuckling as the students filed out.
One boy, a tender child who, when he was in second grade, once saw me crying and gave me a big hug. And then in third grade said he would say a prayer for me (probably asking God to make me less of an ogre!), well, this boy comes up, puts his elbows on my desk, his chin on his palms, leans in and whispers, "I'm not even wearing underwear today."
What a birthday!
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