On the 100th day of school each first grade class came up with a list of "100 things we love about first grade". Nearing the end of the year, we were all (the teachers) just about to lose our minds with the kids being SO out of control with no way to stop them. To save our sanity, we decided to come up with a similar list, only instead of 100 things we love, it was going to be 100 crazy things that happened. We figured it would give us some good laughs since the year was almost over. Once we got started and found how easy 100 was, we decided to take it a step further. We decided that there are 180 days in the school year, so we should make a list of 180. You would be surprised how easy it was to come up with this stuff!
I've decided to post a version of this list here and just not include the identifying information. If nothing else, it will make me laugh, but maybe you can get just a glimpse of what our year was like at the same time. Feel free to laugh, some of this is crazy shit! I'm going to break this up into a series of posts, one post for each teacher's class, and then one for the whole group.
So, without further ado, part one of "180 Crazy Things for 180 Crazy days!"
1. Putting a girl in timeout only to have her mom tell her she doesn't have to listen to the teacher and can play on field day.
2. Screaming fits in the hallway - weekly!
3. Girl flat out stealing another girl's yearbook and putting it in her backpack
4. Grand Theft Auto! Boy stealing a 5th grader's motorized scooter
5. Boy spitting on his neighbor while working in class because "I wanted to"
6. Boy hiding under the library bookshelves and refusing to come out for 10 minutes
7. Boy climbing and hanging on the bookshelves in library saying "I'm climbing a mountain!"
8. Boy telling girl she should write about her mom in her treasure book. "write about how she sits home and drinks beer all day!"
9. Boy coloring ALL over his brand new white jacket in marker
10. Boy bringing pills to school in his pocket - the day after a drug free lecture!
11. Boy eating markers, telling the teacher he didn't, then showing off his bright blue tongue
12. Boy breaking a pencil over his knee while the teacher watched
13. Boy's mom passing out 15 packs of gushers to random children on field day while other kids watched
14. Boy throwing his desk as hard as he could
15. Boy splashing water all over kids at the bathroom sink - other kid's face and hair were SOPPING wet!
16. Boy stomping on another boy's foot "because I felt like it"
17. 2 girls singing a spur of the moment inappropriate song at talent show tryouts
18. Boy's note from outclass, "please seek help before next year" which of course later was changed
19. Girl dumping an entire bottle of water on a teacher's foot then walking away without a word.
20. Boy saying "Mrs. Mac is fat" to other kids
21. Repeating "no climbing on the fence" 5 times. kids come back from recess - 2 climbed the fence!
22. During story time on the carpet the first week ... boy crawling and head butting children screaming at the top of his lungs "get out of my way" over and over
23. Boy spitting his water on teacher's desk and papers because he was mad
24. Boy licking the neighboring class window on his way to the bathroom.
25. Boy galloping around the carpet making horse noises for 25 straight minutes
26. Boy yelling at lunch lady "hey lady, is there any more bread back there?!?"
27. Boy running around the room with scissors in his mouth
28. Girl peeing in her pants on purpose because she got in trouble
29. Girl ripping labeling stickers off the ONLY book she was allowed to touch all year
30. Boy kicking and hitting the walls for an extended period of time
31. Someone coloring all over the carpet and no one owning up to it
32. Boy giving a used bottle of baby lotion for Christmas - gross!
33. Boy stealing someone's boomerang on the way to recess then beating children with it.
34. Boy telling the whole class "I know where puppies come from. The mom dog poops them out!"
35. Boy's mom coming to school to yell at him in front of the class
36. Boy ripping a bat from a teacher's hand and yelling "gimme that! I want that"
37. Boy sticking crayons up his nose in art.
Insanity I tell you. Part 2 to come later!
Ohhh my goodness I dont know how you survived this year! Is there something in the water or what?
ReplyDeleteAnd more importantly... have you warned the second grade teachers?
ReplyDeletehahaha oh the whole school knows! Come to think of it, I have another thing to add to the list!
ReplyDeleteOne day we were coming in from recess just as 5th grade was coming out. Our kids were going crazy as always and the male 5th grade teacher asked if he could try and straighten them out. Now this is the sort of man that when he barks an order, even I listen! He looks like he could play pro football hahaha. So he starts barking out orders for the kids to stop talking, pushing, and shoving, and get in line. They pause for a second to look at him, then completely ignore him and go back to what they are doing. He looked at our team leader and said "oh my gosh, I have NEVER had that happen before. I might have to find a new school by the time they reach 5th grade" hahaha!