So here you go - 10 Ways that Kindergarten is like the Hunger Games
10. They're always trying to take their clothes off: I had a kiddo once who got so "hot" that he kept stripping down to his undergarments and we had to have the conversation about "please don't take off your pants at school". It took several days before he got the message.
9. There's rebellion: come on, they're 5, are you really surprised they don't want to stop playing computer when I've asked them to stop?
8. There's a lot of kissing: I remember saying my 1st week of Kinder "there is no kissing in kindergarten!"... I was wrong.
7. There's a lot of running: whether it's to get to specials on time, to stop a kinder from putting something in their mouth, to get a ball that's in the street before it rolls even further away, or to stop scissors from cutting a girls' hair - kinder teachers are always on alert and quick on their feet (and usually in slow-motion shouting the word "noooooo").
6. You laugh when people mention painting: let's be honest, we all laughed a little when Peeta's defense strategy was painting. And I do the same when people suggest that kinder is just "painting all day" - ha. ha. ha.
5. Every player is different: just as Katniss sizes up each of her opponents, each kinder teacher has no idea what she's getting each year. Meet the Teacher Night is, therefore, a night of sizing up the new bunch - who's sweet, who's going to be a handful, who's going to make you laugh, and who's going to give you gray hair.
4. There's a lot of blood: paper cuts, knee scrapes, nose bleeds, and even head-wound-blood if you're lucky (yay me!)
3. Conflict. Conflict. Conflict: Ms. Collins can write 3 books on it and she just made it up - us kinder teachers can write our own books based on real life. So. much. drama.
2. Alliances are made (and broken) every day: teachers must always be vigilant to know who's friends with who, who's mad with who, and who will kill each other if they're in the same table group.
Which brings me to
#1 Way That Kindergarten is Like the Hunger Games
Despite the conflict, blood, danger, & drama - you love it like a guilty pleasure.
1 comment:
haha. very cute :)
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