A Smooth Day Until

Where is your costume? This question comes from my boss, who is dressed like a mouse With a cookie. Best of all, she has brought us all cookies. I have already eaten mine, and it was scrumptious. I do not say I did not think it was fair for teachers and the principal to dress up when children cannot Today, Halloween, so I do not say anything, lamely pointing to my zebra costume as she is my principal. Why are you not wearing it? The Mouse with the Cookie queries. That is easy. I have a very serious talk coming up in three minutes with the fifth graders about anti-bullying And Title IX law. The law that says bullying and discrimination are against the law. So I have a great out. I explain this. Understood. The day runs smoothly until I explain Title IX law and a fifth grader asks me, “Why can The President bully people and make fun of them if it is against the law?” So much for a smoothly-run day.