Hell Week

The fair's coming to town!  If you have ever been a teacher in a small town during fair week then you understand why I am not looking forward to it. I've never been in a sorority or fraternity and honestly, when I was in college, I always lived off campus, so I have no first hand experience with what rush week is like. But I have watched TV and movies and so I have a pretty good idea that hell week and fair week are almost the same. Here are some similarities.  I have students come in completely hungover from sugar highs and late bedtimes the night before.  Or maybe they found some leftover cotton candy and smuggled it on the bus and ate it before they got to school so they are high by the time the bus drops them off. Did I mention that they are sticky?  Yes their hands are sticky and everything they touch is left with a sticky residue.  Some of them will be dirty and smelly because they got home to late to take a bath the night before.  I will probably have to confiscate no less then 3 cheap plastic fair toys that make noises or flash in seizure inducing patterns. I especially enjoy the light up pacifiers who have been in who knows how many mouths.   What toys I don't have to take away will cause at least 2 fights on the playground.  Because they aren't getting to bed on time, I will have a few fall asleep in class.  Which honestly is better then the ones who are whinny and moody from lack of sleep.  Then there's always the one poor, sad kid whose mom ran off with a carny. True story bro!  But don't worry, she comes back at the end of fair season with new tattoos and even less teeth.  And let's not even talk about the kids who get new baby brothers or sisters nine months later!  So prepare yourselves teachers!  Hell Week is upon us!  Pray for our souls!