This day of foolishness and pranks holds no specific significance for me. However, to a first grader it is another holiday almost as good as Christmas. It is so, because they get to think they are funny and try to trick anyone and everyone. I got to school this morning and had at least 3 students with broken arms, one with a hurt wrist, and a myriad of others with ticks up their sleeves. With this kind of stuff going on, it is any wonder we accomplished anything today. We came back from Library to find our chairs had been taken. I'm so mean and made my kids kneel for about an hour. I knew where our chairs were but tried to be a little bit nice and let them enjoy the prank. Once the chairs returned things calmed down.
The one thing I absolutely hate about this day however, is those who think they can say something mean, but because they put "April Fool's" after it, it makes it ok. One of my students at the end of the day came up to me and said, "Mrs. Cowley, you are the worst teacher in the world." I was a bit shocked and then the words "April Fool's" came out of his mouth. And he was all grins. Well I commented that saying mean and hurtful things even on April Fool's wasn't nice. I know he was just trying to be funny, but I didn't appreciate it. Kinda wrecked the rest of my day.
