As a child, I sucked my thumb incessantly. I probably sucked my thumb far longer than was appropriate. I now have a student (who is 8 years-old, mind you) who still sucks her thumb and it's really stressing me out. A scene from class on Thursday:
K: [sucking thumb, highly distressed look on face]
Ms. U: K, please take your thumb out of your mouth and wash it. [notices distress] What's wrong?
K: [points to the floor] I stepped on dog poo and it smells! [scrapes shoe on floor]
Ms. U: !!! Try not to wipe it on the floor! Let's go get you a paper towel and some water to clean off your shoe. Then, wash your hands!
K: [cleans shoe]
Ms. U: [cleans floor]
[thirty minutes later]
K: [grabs bottom of shoe absentmindedly, then puts thumb in mouth]
Ms. U: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
[thirty minutes later]
K: I have a stomachache.
I hope I was younger than 8 when I stopped sucking my thumb...I don't actually remember. But, I would like to formally apologize to all those people who told me to stop sucking my thumb while I bratted against it. I now understand your horror.
4 comments:
Would parents yell at you if next time the shoes were just thrown out in an effort to prevent such unfortunate stomachaches?
Oh yes. They would beat me down. Parents spend a ridiculous amount of money on shoes.
Did this occur soon after school started that day or had the poor child been walking around with dog poop on her shoe all day?
No worries, it was at the beginning of the school day. Fresh poop.
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