Today I rescued a 1st grade student. Strolling down the hallway on the way to the office to make copies for class, I hear wailing coming from the girl's bathroom. Expecting to find a few students pulling each others hair out, I was surprised to see no one wrestling around. Instead I find the sliding door to the toilet (one of the few in the whole school...they like the squatties here) closed and being shaken with obvious panic. The poor girl, who I guess was confused on how to work a sliding door, had been "trapped" in the stall for who knows how long! I quickly slid the door open and greeted the tear-stained little face now looking shocked and relieved to be free.
After 3rd grade class one quiet girl loitered around her desk when all the other students had filed out the door. "Teacher, teacher!" She calls me over it seems to whisper something in my ear. I bend down and *smack* I get a big kiss on the cheek! Then running off she chimes, "Bye teacher! See you next time!" and scurries to catch up with her classmates.
Just a normal day in the life of an elementary school teacher, I s'pose.
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