Today was the 100th day of school. As my students walked into class, saw their desks were moved around, saw their desks moved around into small stations, pandemonium fills the room. "It's HUNDREDS day..." "Whoooo-hoo! PARTY!". Now for a teacher with quite a bit of structure in the classroom, this may feel like bugs crawling under the skin. But, it is to be expected. I don't know why the 100th day of school is such a big deal, but to kids in younger grades, they seriously live for this day.

So, after the kids settle in a start their morning reading, I look over at Hunter's Day. He has a little sign for his forbidden homeless pencil shop that says OPEN taped to the side of his desk. Next to this usual sign, there is a sign that says "Happy Hundreds Day!"

The day, a little crazy continues on... the kids seemed pretty happy. There is a point in almost everyday where I am required to walk 6th graders from Music back to their classrooms. Now, this may not seem like a large task but I teach 2nd graders. When I talk, they listen. When I talk to 6th graders, most of them just keep talking. So, I decided last week that I was done having them walk all over me. I enforced the hall rule of NO TALKING. The girls are pretty good at it... the boys are another story. Today, I let the girls go. Then I let the boys ago about 5 at a time back to their class. The last group was waiting... and I asked them it they thought they could walk as quietly as the last class did. One young man said... "I can, but I am not sure these guys can. They are always talking. I guess they aren't front of the line material." It took everything for me to hold back and not die laughing.

Back to my classroom, I was having a little discussion with some kids who were counting 100 chocolate chips out. Jace says "Man, this is like going to work." "Why?" "Because it is SO hard." Then Jayden says "Yeah, well this is actually like mini-college. This is getting you ready for what you do in real college." Next time, I go to work or college, I want to count out 100 chocolate chips.

Towards the end of the day, I was reading some of their writing about what they would like to be doing when they are 100. One boy's, Tyson, says "When I am 100, I will be knocked people with my cane. I will not want them on my lawn and if they do, I will knock them out." After a good laugh, I, of course, made him change to something a bit less violent. So now he will be tapping people on their head with his cane.