Things I Never Thought I Would Say (or hear)
I work with children, and as such, that means I attempt to guide absolute chaos into some sort of order. Sometimes I can do this with limited success, sometimes I end up in a heaping pile of frustration. What is always consistent however, is the number of times I, or one of the children with which I work, says or does something so random it is inexplicable. There was one instance that comes to mind when I taught 2nd grade. We would schedule regular brain breaks in which the kids could get up, dance, goof around for a bit, and get their wiggles out before moving onto another activity that required mental strain. It was my first year teaching, so I was relying mostly on recommended sites for my brain breaks. One such site had guided dances, and after working on math, I put one up on the screen and invited all the kids to stand up and dance. Any teacher will tell you they have that 'one kid' in the class that needs physical exercise. They are the wiggly kid, the kid who punches ...