Shoes

Oh did we have drama today. 


Yesterday, one of the 6th graders complained to me that he was missing a shoe.  Since it was the end of the day, I brushed it off, sure it was only misplaced and would turn up later.  Today I found out a different 6th grader took it and threw it in the trash!  Just because.  No particular reason.


The 7th graders empty every classroom's garbage cans every day into the dumpster in the parking lot, so once we figured out where the shoe was, some of the 6th graders volunteered to dumpster dive.  They found it without too much trouble (or getting messy even).  The 6th grader who took it spent a large chunk of the afternoon in the office and will be on recess probation for a week... probably cleaning the gym and taking out actual trash.  This same kid already had to stay in from recess writing sentences because he was disrespectful to the substitute on Monday.  He complained that the verses he had to write were too long (Ephesians 4:29-31) but I just told him, "it fits the crime."  He finished them today right as afternoon recess got over.