"Your children have been wasting Kleenex. Please send a box of Kleenex as soon as possible."
Those were the words of the Kindergarten teacher in her weekly newsletter. Her directness made me laugh; no beating around the bush with nonsense like:
"We are experiencing a shortage of Kleenex in our classroom. We must have a higher than normal count of runny noses this winter. If you can, please donate more boxes of Kleenex to our classroom."
Nope. "YOUR children have been wasting Kleenex." I love it.
Which takes me back 4 years to when Rachel was in 5th grade. Those kids were sharing every cold virus known to man; I think Rachel had a snotty nose and a cough for 3 straight months. About that time, Kleenex introduced the new Anti-Viral tissue, meant to kill virus germs on the spot. "What a great idea," I thought to myself. And I purchased a couple boxes for the classroom
Later that week, a note was sent home. "Parents, a disturbing situation has arisen this week. It appears that our students have been licking the anti-viral Kleenexes and pretending to get high. We have had a lengthy discussion with them about the seriousness of this situation. But sadly, we cannot allow anymore boxes of anti-viral Kleenex into the classroom."
Kleenex fun for everyone.
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