The Ingeniousness of 2nd Graders, Part 1

So I made a rule that my students could only use my name five times in one day. This was to cut down on the MS OLIVER MS OLIVER MS OLIVER - five times in a row really fast syndrome. STOP SAYING MY NAME!!! YOU ARE ABUSING MY NAME!!!!

So we held up our little hands and counted out five and that was how many times we could say Ms Oliver that day. So as they said the dreaded name, I could hold up my hand and tick off a time. Use it wisely was my mantra.

The following day, we applied the same rule. Fortunately/unfortunately, second graders are more ingenious than at first believed. My new name is Mo (the first letters of my name). This is how they chose to get around the saying of my name. Of course, I realize that any name ten million times a day is enough to drive a girl insane. I hole punched my hair that day. I didn't even think about it. I was hole punching and looked at the hole punch and though I wonder what would happen if I hole punched a portion of my hair. That's not normal. I immediately regretted it and then went on with my day. It's enough to drive a normal 28 year old insane.

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