Musings of a Wannabe Ginger: Field Day

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Field Day

Do you remember field day as an elementary student? I know I had them but I can't remember anything about them. I'm sure they were fun and I'm sure I looked forward to them but the memory of them are lost in the great abyss that is early-life memories. I guess that's what your mind does 14-20 years later...dumps the less important memories to make room for more important stuff like home addresses, birthdays, and social security numbers.

Today was field day at my school. I have been looking forward to this and the 6th graders vs. teachers kick ball game all. freaking. year.

My plan was to just watch and supervise (like a good teacher). My students' plans were much different. Within 2 minutes of field day starting, I was soaking wet. Once I realized my underwear were never going to dry, I decided to live it up. I slip 'n slid-ed my way into my students memories, dumped buckets of water on sixth graders who drive me crazy, and let 6th graders talk me into going into the dunk tank.

Yes, I was the LAST person in the school to go in and was totally disgusted by the state of the water (500+ kids in a small pool of water = some sort of water-born disease) but it made the kids happy and I guess that's what it's about, right?

P.S. The 6th grade vs. teacher game was Wednesday afternoon...teachers dominated again...14 to 3. Silly 6th graders thinking they could ever win.

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Lelan @ Good Gravy!Saturday, July 03, 2010
Oh, this brought me back to my 6th grade field day. I loved it!!
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Dave and RachelTuesday, July 06, 2010
I bet your students were so sad to leave you! You are such a fun teacher!
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Field Day

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