Convo #1 (1:30pm):
Kstudent M: Miss. M are you judy today?*
*side note: 'judy' in kindergarten terms, or at least in room 10, is slang for asking if I have recess "duty".
Me: Yes I am Mrs. Judy today
Kstudent M: So does that mean you are married to Mr. Judy?
Me: Well...if you find Mr. Judy please by all means let me know. I'd love to meet him!
Situation #1 (2:25pm):
During my 15 minutes of recess duty, I walk over to 4 of my boy students who are sticking their hands through the construction fence (which i already told them not to do for fear of their hands getting stuck) take the 2 icicles from their hands, tell them they are not allowed to put their hands through the fence or play with icicles, especially with no gloves on and threw them over the fence in which they shatter into a million pieces and I walk away.
Apparently this was a HUGE mistake!
Convo #2 (2:30pm):
Legitimately mad Kstudent T: (while in line at the end of recess) Ms. M ruined Christmas!
Me: T why are you telling people that I ruined Christmas? What did I do? Christmas was over 2 weeks ago!
K student T: You did! You broke the Christmas spirits. You threw them over the fence.
Me: I threw what over the fence? You were playing with icicles, without gloves, that you got from the other side of the fence that you weren't supposed to be near.
Kstudent T: (really sad look)
Me: We have to get inside before we freeze. We'll talk about this in the room.
(2:40)Convo continues during snack:
Kstudent T: (telling his snack table) Ms. M ruined Christmas...she killed the holiday spirits.
Me: T...let's talk about this. I did not ruin Christmas. I did not realize they were holiday spirits. I thought they were icicles. The reason I threw them over the fence was because you are not allowed to play with icicles at recess. Had I known they were holiday spirits, we could have figured something out. I am sorry!
(2:45)Convo continues once again:
Kstudent S: Ms. M, T told me that you ruined Christmas and kids were saying outside that Santa is now dead.
Me: (breathing deeply at this point to keep my composure) S I did not ruin Christmas. I didn't know they were playing a Christmas game outside and I threw their icicles over the fence AND Santa is not dead I promise.
Kstudent N: (who is jewish)Santa isn't even real...my cousin told me
Kstudent S: (real sad) yes he is!
Me: Santa is real. Your cousin may have been confused since you don't celebrate Christmas. S don't worry what other people say as long as you believe, he will keep coming. If you believe what people say about him not being real then Santa will stop coming to your house.
Kstudent S: Don't worry Ms.M I will always believe. I promise I won't listen to them!
Kstudent N: Maybe she was wrong. I think Santa is real too.
Kstudent T: (comes slowly/sadly walking over) you know Ms.M there are still two people who can save Christmas...Mrs. Clause and ______(forget the other person, but it was someone important). They are the only two people who can still save Christmas for us.
Me: Okay you know what T I will write them both a letter explaining what happened at recess and I am sure they will fix it all for us.
Kstudent T: Great! Thanks Ms. M and don't worry you did a good thing even thought you killed the holiday spirits because you also killed _____(another made up name) who is really bad. (Runs over to his classmates at snack) Don't worry guys! Ms. M promised she would write Mrs. Claus and _____ letters and they will fix Christmas!
And people say teaching Kindergarten is easy!! In what other profession can you singlehandedly ruin Christmas in JANUARY none the less by throwing an icicle over a fence?Ohhhh the innocence of a Kindergartner! Gotta love it! I'll be sure to make a toast this weekend to Mrs. Clause receiving my letter in time!
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