The Day After
I forget that Halloween doesn't end with October 31st. Today the students' backpacks looked about 30 pounds heavier. It never occured to me that the kids were carrying around all of their candy. I didn't allow my child to bring her candy to school because from my point of view, it's inappropriate. I assumed that the vast majority of parents were of a similar frame of mind.Apprently none of those parents have students that actually go to the school I teach at. When I made a comment about the candy in one of my classes, every single one of my students pulled an engorged bag out of the backpacks. My jaw hit the floor with shock. I don't think I saw that much candy on the shelves at Target.
I sat there this morning wondering what was going on with my students because they were out of control. Until my nieve butt remembered that these kids consumed half their yearly allowance of sugar overnight. I told the kids that they were not to be eating candy in my classroom. Did they listen? Of course not. On the plus side, I have a ton of chocolate in my desk. That should make my week go by pretty fast.
posted by lobo5747 @ 7:49 PM
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The day after Halloween is the single worst middle-school day of the year!! We had an inservice day on the 28th--we were ALL wondering yesterday why they didn't just schedule it for the 1st instead?!?! Because the powers-that-be don't have to deal with teenagers on sugar highs, that's why.
Great blog...I love it!
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