~ Reason #46 ~

Reason #46 why I love fifth graders...

When you come back to school the day after Christmas vacation only to discover that the janitors have played a very fun game of "rearrange the furniture" while you were gone, don't worry. Just meander down the hall and find a couple of your students who were dropped off early. Take them back to the room, tell them you want it to look like it did when we left for break, and continue on with your work. Ten minutes later, the room will be back to normal.

If you try this with third graders, they will argue with eachother for 7 minutes, then realize the other kids are lining up at the door and madly scramble around trying to get things back in order, all the while asking you every 3.78 seconds where this table or desk or lamp goes. You will begin to see that it would have been less time consuming to just do it yourself.

Ah, 5th grade, how I love being back!