"Mrs. Jantz! J is clogging the toilet!" she exclaims, out of breath, at recess.
"What?! How do you know that if you're out here?" I naturally respond.
"No, he's not in the bathroom! He's sitting at the end of the slide and not moving. So everyone going down is stuck behind him!"
Thank you, sweet second grader, for updating my recess lingo. :)
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HA! I love recess stories - so much fun! Even when someone is "clogging the toilet!"
ReplyDeleteI remember my confusion the first time a student reported this to me. Such a creative name for it!
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