Growing up, Halloween seemed like a pretty great holiday. You dress up in costume, get some free candy, have a party at school... how is this a bad holiday? But once you get to the teacher side of things, it's a whole new ball game.
First of all, everyone is talking about their costumes for weeks in advance. Then they ask you what you are going to be. When you answer that you aren't going to dress up, they try to convince you! They even brainstorm some possible ideas. Nowadays pretty much 80% of costumes are gross, so they wouldn't even work at school.
Next reason: kids are jacked up on sugar. It's bad enough they are fed sugar during the class party. Later that night, they'll probably eat their weight in candy! (okay, maybe not that much). Add together the late night and a belly full of sweets... not a recipe for success the next day in school.
We didn't have a party in our classroom; Friday our class is hosting an all school carnival in the gym, so we're going to have a Reformation/Fall party for a brief while after lunch. Even though my students knew we weren't celebrating anything until Friday, they still brought in cupcakes and cookies to share! Urgh! I didn't want them crazy all day, so we doled out the sweets at the end of the day. Make the bus drivers and the parents deal with them, eh?
Most of my students were fairly awake this morning (with the exception of the boys; they looked like they partied hard.) Part of that could be they're getting sick. All morning our room was full of the sounds of coughs. Not little "clearing the throat" coughs. I'm talking those big "almost hack up a lung" cough. Hopefully they get a good night's sleep tonight.
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