So i'm seriously pissed off again. But surprisingly this time it is with my kids.
In my hurry to share treats with them, i totally managed to forget to label the hoops, jump ropes and balls. Now three hoops have gone missing from the playground. I feel a complete ass.
Students predominantly our 6 - 8 year olds were coming up and asking if they could borrow the hoops.
"For sure!" i tell them, "i got them for everyone to share".
It transpired they wanted to take them home. And it's easily done too, as the hoops are made up of separate plastic pieces.
At line up time i tell them just how sad i am feeling. How amazed i am at the selfishness that one or two children who could deprive our whole special community of such simple pleasures. I tell them that unless the hoops are returned tomorrow there would be no more playground toys on their way.
By the end of the day, all the hoops have returned again and Ms J and i raid Supplies for a permanent marker to label every damn section.
I am so elated at the honesty of the students that i send advanced late arrival apologies to my colleagues that make the Senior Management Team, "i have an Emergency Upper Primary Assembly to address and i may be delayed."
I tell the students how special they are and know the difference between right and wrong. It's not easy sometimes to own up when you have done wrong and takes courage that we should applaud. And we do. We all clap the thieving gypsy b*stards who had the couragee to admit they had made a mistake and returned them for sharing with all.
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