briefcase...

Ok, so I teach 7th grade and everytime someone asks me what I teach and I tell them 7th grade I ALWAYS get close to the same response. "oh you poor thing" or "oh my, bless your heart" or "really?! why?!?!?!". And you can usually hear the same response from me "I love it" or "there really is never a dull moment". And both of those responses are the honest to goodness truth.

I have a student who just really seems to always leave me at a loss for words, or leave me in the hallway laughing and then having to compose myself before I re-enter the classroom.

Earlier in the year, April 1st to be exact, this student came in and very matter of factly announced to me that they had rabies. Now understand that one of my very favorite shows on tv is the office, so all I could think of was the fun run episode of the office in which they have a 5K walk/run to cure rabies. I seriously had to remain in the hallway a good 7 minutes in order to be able to compose myself.

Today this student walked into my classroom with a briefcase. Not just a small briefcase, but a rather large one. This student proceeded to open it up, place it on the desk and "work" from it. It truly had to be one of the funniest things that I have seen all year long. I really don't know why I found this to be so incredibly funny, but it was. If I could have taken a picture of the scene, I would have. I really had to find other teachers to share in the moment with me, because there was no way that I would let that pass and not share the joy and laughter it brought to my life.