It's almost time to go, and MAYBE this week I won't have to substitute for the Wednesday night teacher for the 3rd to 6th graders at church like I did last week. Sundays are ALWAYS much better--the kids have had some sleep, and are still sleepy, and are generally on their better behavior. But on Wednesdays, they're amped up on an entire day spent confined in state custody amongst all the heathen and barbarians and infidels and such, and they come in ready to rip.
As always, I blame parents.
(Not really so) Long ago, parents cared how their children acted when they were out of arm's reach, but now, parents act about as wild. The kids in our classes are good and have parents that care, but the kids are off running with the bulls during the day, and it rubs off on them. Especially that sarcastic snottiness so common on television, where every adult is a dolt, and kids are impossibly glib and witty. In real life, however, kids don't have writers, and what comes out of their precious little mouths isn't particularly cute. Or funny.
So, they get The Look. The Look is bad to receive, because it says "you are not funny, and you are going to stop that, because if you don't, you and me are gonna go 'round and 'round."
It's not fun, for them or for me. (Well, okay--maybe a little fun for me, but only because I'm a control freak.)
Anyway, last Wednesday they were fit to be tied, and had I had longer shoelaces, I might have done it. Maybe this week their regular teacher will be there. And then I'll be able to rest until Sunday, when it's my turn.
ANYwho--the day's about shot. I'm fixin' to git, but before I go--a reminder that TOMORROW is THURSDAY, and THURSDAY means...SPECIAL SURPRISES!
Yay.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at April 13, 2005 04:18 PMOooh! Special Surprises and free ice cream?
Posted by: Jordana at April 13, 2005 04:24 PMHOORAY! JORDANA'S BRINGING US SOME FREE ICE CREAM!
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 13, 2005 04:25 PMYou'll have to wait a few days, stand in line and pretend to be a Communist, but you can have all the free ice cream you want.
Posted by: Jordana at April 13, 2005 04:40 PMOops...I must have screwed up the link some how.
Posted by: Jordana at April 13, 2005 04:41 PMFixed it--and let me just say that I believe everyone should gorge themselves on free ice cream at Ben and Jerry's until you're sick to your stomach, then don't buy any until they give it away again. Repeat.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 13, 2005 04:51 PMDo we get ponies too?
Posted by: Sarah G. at April 13, 2005 06:53 PMI don’t think I’m allowed to talk about the pony anymore--:sniff:
Posted by: jim at April 14, 2005 12:32 AMActually, you DO get to talk about the pony!
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 14, 2005 08:14 AMOdd thing. Of all the New York area shops, only the ones in the nicer neighborhoods (where most of the white liberals live, I might add) are participating in the free cone thing.
I also noticed there isn't a scoop shop between Manhattan and Westhampton.
Posted by: skinnydan at April 14, 2005 08:43 AMHmm--how very odd. Well, I'm CERTAIN there is nothing hypocritical going on.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 14, 2005 08:47 AM