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Re: Plaster craft - long, funny story

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From: croberts (croberts_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 19:49:14 PDT


You know...the kids will forget a lot of things that happen in their
classrooms through the years...but I'll just betcha they NEVER forget you!
What a sad world this would be if it weren't for the humor in some of our
classes!
Carolyn Roberts
croberts@coastalnet.com

> Did I ever share with you all what happened to me last year?
...(snip)....
> We hear, "hey, mrs. bacon. Hey, Mrs. Bacon. HEY, MRS. BACON. HEY, YOU
> GUYS!" The kids are dying! They are screaming and cracking up at the
> same time! Calvin is stuck! He is rock solid! He can't Get Up! AND,
> the pants are SO HARD, that the kids are literally playing tug of war
> with him and the plaster pants, and they can't get him out of them!
> I've got tears running down my face -- from both fear and laughter.
...(snip)....
> Well, to make an excrutiatingly long episode and story shorter, we got
> the janitor's hammer and beat Calvin out of his new plaster britches! I
> still have the pants. I laugh, and wince, every time I see them. We
> never finished the total figure. Just the thought of it gave me
> nightmares!
>
> Through this whole ordeal, I asked Calvin if he was scared. "No, I just
> got a little worried when my pants started heating up!"
>
> Sandy

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