04 August 2007

You never get out of sixth grade

Don't believe me? Ok, then take the following test:

Directions: Read the following words and answer the question at the end.

butt
poop
fart
booger
uranus
wenus (sp?)

1. True or False. I laughed, chuckled, chortled, giggled, snickered, guffawed and/or smirked at one or all of the above listed words.

See what I mean? You never get out of sixth grade. This is especially true when one is, in fact, a sixth grade teacher. Allow me to illustrate.

I was in my classroom, painting it. Phillip was helping. We had the following conversation:
Phillip: Jacqueline, can I poop on your board?
Me: Um. I guess. As long as you keep it neat.
Phillip: Ok, I pooped on your board.

I turned around and he had written the word "poop" on one of my white boards. We giggled, went back to painting and a few hours later had forgotten all about it and in walks my principal, her husband, and the office manager. Not sure if they saw it; they didn't say anything if they did. But it reminded us.
"Time to get the poop off the board, " I said.

So we scrubbed, and we scrubbed. And nothing worked! The poop got a little fainter, but it was still stubbornly clinging to the board. We scrubbed some more, and eventually, we got it to the point that you can no longer see the word - just a big mess.

Help! I have a giant poop stain on my board and I can't get it off!!

3 comments:

  1. The Magic Eraser (by Mr. Clean) is the answer to your poop problem. Lorra said she uses it clean her white boards and almost everything else in the room. Hope this can help.

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  2. Ahhh, it's even funny the second telling!

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  3. thank you, lorra! I'll give it a shot. I don't like having poop in my classroom.

    susan: it's funny every time I look at that board.

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