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Dropsies

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Maybe I threw two staplers in my classroom today.  My staplers are crap.  I had two that wouldn't work as we were trying to staple our poetry books.   In reality, I was trying to toss them back in the drawer, but they ended up flopping on the floor.  Even after trying to borrow staplers from other classes, it was difficult to find working staplers.

Speaking of dropping/tossing things, a student in my class was dropping everything today (paper, colored pencils, box of crayons).  It seemed everything he touched ended up on the floor.  When I asked him if he needed a pass to the nurse, he gave me a strange look.  I explained he needed to be checked out because a case of the dropsies is sometimes contagious.  After I explained the seriousness of this disease, another student dropped her colored pencils on the floor.  "See?" I exclaimed.  I received an eye roll instead of a request for a nurses pass.

Don't worry folks.  I think he'll be fine.  He told me he wasn't feverish or lightheaded.  Also, I went to Companies to Classrooms after school.  They had staplers with no limit, so I grabbed seven.  Five dollars bought me pencils, greeting cards, staplers, and card stock.  I would have been satisfied with the greeting cards and staplers.

Comments

LH said…
Geez Louise. Why do staplers have to be such crap?
Don't even get me started.
6:43 PM
KC said…
I have thrown away two staplers this very year, and I'm about to adios my tape dispenser.
7:08 AM
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