Why Has It Been So Long?!/Falling of Chairs

I can't believe I have not written since October!  Honestly, it makes me sad.  I have such a wonderful class and so many funny things have happened that I have not had the privilege of sharing with you all!  I will update this more often with events that happen and events that have happened since I last posted in October.

I will start with the funniest thing I think I have ever witnessed in my 3 years in the school system.  Well....at least the funniest with this class.  It involves a student falling off her chair.  Now, don't think I'm mean; listen to the story.  It was before the SBA test and we were doing a lot of prepping for the test.  Now with prepping you want to make it as close to the atmosphere of the actual test as you can.  So, when the students complete their work, they may either sit quietly and read a book, or put their head down on their desk and if they fall asleep, that's alright.  As long as they are QUIET!!  It was getting close to the end of our prep time, we were waiting for just a few students to finish up their work.  Many students were reading quietly while a few students who had chosen to put their head on their desk.  One in particular, Anna, had fallen asleep.  Now before she had fallen asleep she had put her arms in her jacket and zipped her jacket up so she could not move her arms.

At this time, it was practically silent in the classroom.  I was sitting at my desk checking my email when I hear a big crash and I look up to see Anna's butt up in the air as she goes rolling across the classroom floor, literally.  The class tried to keep their laughing under wraps, but it did not work.  Everyone, including myself, burst into laughter as Anna got up and the confusion on her face was apparent.  Between my fits of laughter I managed to ask Anna if she was alright and what happened.  She simply stated, "I was dreaming about my Karate class."  This statement made the laughter grow even more as everyone imagined what possibly could've been going through Anna's mind.  It took a while to get the class under control and back to working on the prep paper but once they did, it wasn't hard to hear the snickers and stifled laughter throughout the the room as the students recalled what had just happened.

The best part, Anna took it well and allowed us to laugh with her rather than assuming we were laughing AT her.