Monday, March 19, 2012
The cutie-est.
So, I was at my parents’ house a couple weeks ago and my mom prompted Julia to tell me what exciting things had happened recently at pre-school. She told a story of how the class had gone on a bathroom break and when they returned the school room was a mess. Crayons were dumped out on the floor, Sierra’s nametag was ripped off her desk (Julia told this bit with a dramatic flair, miming the act of ripping a paper nametag off an 18-inch high desk), etc.
I was like, “Wait, wha…, did somebody break into the school while they were in the bathroom?” My mother chuckled and said, “Julia, tell Aunt Ali who did it.” Jules replied, “Ooh, it must have been that leprechaun!”
Yeah.
Apparently, the teacher is (daily, mind you) vandalizing her own classroom in secret so as to make the children think a leprechaun is roaming the school grounds. That seems like a lot of work (and clean-up) for such a ruse, and Jules is quite exasperated with that leprechaun.
So, last week the kids were strategizing on how to catch the leprechaun and Julia’s classmate Christian turned to her and said, “We should use you for bait because you’re the cutie-est.”
Well, she is pretty cute.
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When she first told me the story, she was quite agitated. Her brow was furrowed, her fist was ready to strike, and Jen & I were trying not to laugh out loud and further exasperate her.
I was hoping the teacher would not not get too creative and have some 3rd grader dress in green for the St. Patty's Party. Those pre-schoolers were so angry, I think the leprechaun would have been pummeled.
This whole thing is ridiculous, but if they have to do it why can't the teacher have the leprechaun nicely place a paper four leaf clover on each desk or draw a rainbow on the board? I don't understand this fascination with terrorizing 4 and 5-year-olds.
Olivia had these same events happen in her classroom this year and last. But the teachers didn't go to that much of an extreme. They would just tip a chair over here and there (or something along those lines). The kids loved it. They also incorporated winning gold coins for knowing certain things, like letters sounds, counting, etc.
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