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Goody Kindergarten Field Trip

Mary, did you get the memo about the meeting?
What meeting?
Today’s.
When is it?
Now.

No, I didn’t get it.
Come on.
I don’t think so.
I hate meetings.

Okay. But while I am here, I have to ask.
Do you want to go on a field trip with the kindergarteners?
No.
Teacher looks surprised.
Why?
Kindergarten is hard. I’d rather jump off a cliff into a vat of wild boars
Who have not been fed in a week than go on any field trip with Kindergarteners.

Kindergarten teacher laughs,
Thinking Mary is kidding.
Mary is not.

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Gershon Wolf Date: 4/8/2018 10:14:00 PM You're right. There's nothing worse, except maybe trying to sub for a 7th-8th grade Sunday morning Sunday school class, whose denizens' hormones are exploding every second. I IDENTIFY! Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 4/9/2018 12:29:00 AM I put on a Sunday School Christmas pageant once with 85 children. Dress rehearsal was awful, in a sale barn, that had no heat, which had been frequented by a skunk and the children could not hear me at all because their Mommies were told to take that 2 hours off to do Christmas prep things. I went home and cried for an hour after the practice.

Line Gauthier Date: 4/8/2018 1:49:00 PM LOL. Cute one, Caren Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 4/8/2018 4:22:00 PM LOL Caren Krutsinger Date: 4/8/2018 2:16:00 PM Thanks Line. I spent a whole school day being a sub for kindergarten twice; they ran me ragged, it was the most insightful time; I cannot be with Kindergarten. They are way too tough!

Michelle Faulkner Date: 4/8/2018 8:59:00 AM Hah - that is exactly how I feel about a field trip with kindergarteners! Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 4/8/2018 9:45:00 AM I see you have been on one.