4 Dec
Ghosts of WIT Christmases Past Vol. 1 (2002-2003)
After five years of blogging, a person begins to sympathize with a minister who has been ministering in the same church for more than a couple of years. Every year around this time, the minister is expected to come up with new sermons using the same source materials about the same thing. It can be a challange.
This is WIT’s fifth Christmas. Before we go make more Christmas memories, let’s take a moment to look back a past Christmas posts. Consider this one of those cheesy clip episodes that TV shows in the 80’s will always do to save money. Let’s jump into the phone booth!
December 2002
Twas the Days Before Christmas
Twas the days before Christmas,
And all through the school,
The teachers were trying
To just keep their cool.
The hallways were hung
With Christmas art.
(Some made in November
To get a head start!)
Workin’ in an Elementary School
(sung to “Winter Wonderland”)
Children scream, they’re not listen’
When they go, we’re not missin’ em’,
In all of this pain, we try to stay sane,
Workin’ in an elementary school.
The QUESTION!
From It Has Finally Happened (From back in the day when I would cover four or five different subjects in one post.)
Well I got that question that I have been dreading all year from one of my students. No, no THE QUESTION. The question that I have been hoping that I would have to deal with this year, but it popped up the other day. Guessed what it is yet? Brace yourself… “Is there a Santa Claus?” Actually it was phrased like this: “MR. W!!!!!!! Jake says there’s no such thing as Santa Claus, and there is, isn’t there?” UGH! Usually I use one of the oldest tricks in the teacher’s handbook to handle this one, by throwing the question right back at them and making them responsible for the answer instead of me. (I love that trick.) So I replied back, “What do you think, is there a Santa Claus?”
“Well YES!!!”
“Alright then, don’t listen to Jake.”
Basically, the student heard, “Yes, there is a Santa Claus.”
*sigh*
December 2003
A Charles Story.
Thost Crazy Kids
M: There is something missing from that class and I need to make sure that you didn’t take it.
T: I didn’t! I swear! I just did my math.
Unwrapping Christmas
December is a busy for most people I know. Along with Christmas comes a huge laundry list of things to do, buy, and make. Christmas heightens emotions well past where they are normally. Good emotions are increased and emotions that we would rater not have are increased in the same way. This time of year can be strain on everyone.
I Gotta Pee!!!
Another Charles story.
At that very instant in the concert, Charles was aware that he needed to go to the bathroom but he still had to sing two more songs. Nothing could interrupt that sequence of events, not even needing to pee.
Friday Five LVIV:Holidays
1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?
Yes I do. To a point. I don’t like my schedule to be too interrupted. Though sometimes it is nice to have the schedule interrupted.
To be continued with Volume 2 (2004-2005)
Class dismissed!
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