6th Grade Art Class

Sixth grade comes in singing and dancing, rapping, stomping, stamping.
Sounds like a herd of wild stallions, two hundred strong.
There are twenty-two of them.
Seventeen boys, four girls.
I have to ask them to be respectful while I give directions.
One, two, three, four, five, seven, eleven, fifteen times.
They act horrible.
I know now why the regular art teacher has called in sick four Wednesdays.
She is here in the morning, before the sixth graders’ class.
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Liguori Avatar
January 13, 2022 at 6:42 PM
kids will be kids!
Krutsinger Avatar
January 13, 2022 at 11:19 PM
They sure will. Our school district is so eager to get subs we have waived the college course requirements and now you can be a sub if you are 18 and have a high school diploma. I am shocked at this! I am relatively calm, and I cannot imagine an 18 year old trying to handle a classroom of ruffians! I am fearful.
Hankins Avatar
January 13, 2022 at 10:12 AM
Oh my, Caren, from my experience with six graders sounds so typical. One-on-one they can be good kids...put them into a herd and, boy, watch out!
Krutsinger Avatar
January 13, 2022 at 11:19 PM
They are a herd all right. A big happy exuberant herd.
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