I see a student pick something up off the floor behind the music room risers and he's playing with it. I'm all the way across the room and I can't see exactly what he has.
"[Name], what are you playing with?" The student holds his hand high in the air and shows a band-aid, which had at one time been wrapped in a ring shape, and proceeds to slide it onto his finger. "Just a band-aid!" Gross. "Take it off and throw it away. That has germs on it. Please go wash your hands with warm soap and water right now." "It's okay, it's mine. I just dropped it earlier." Irrelevant. "[Name], please don't pick up used band-aids off the floor." "But it's miiii...." "-even if that band-aid was yours." "Okay..." I spent ten minutes today showcasing my vast band-aid collection and accompanying first-aid procedures with the class.
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3/15/2016 01:27:01 pm
Irrelevant. Ha ha ha. I mean, would you pick a booger up and play with it just because it's yours, kid?? Never mind, don't answer that.
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Anne Marie
3/15/2016 09:36:59 pm
I want to hear more about this "vast band-aid collection!"
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