My new job is still going really well. Yesterday someone left this sweet note on my desk, and it made my day. I still don't know who wrote it, though!
I'm learning new stuff all the time, and every day gets easier. I've had zero work stress. Zero. How wonderful is that?
It has been a little strange getting used to such young students after six years with tweens and young teenagers at the middle school, though. Our students are kindergarten (5K) through fifth grade. Babies! And so of course I'm already collecting "crazy shit little kids say and do" stories. Here's one of them...
One morning last week parents started showing up at the school (and calling), returning money that their children had been given on the school bus by another child. This one little boy, a kindergartener, had somehow gotten his hands on $400 in cash and took it to school with him. On the bus ride home, he was handing out 50- and 20-dollar bills to all the other kids......for no particular reason...he was just like...
Hahaha! *
And to top off this crazy story, when they called the kid's parents to tell them that cash was being dropped off in the office for them, cash their 5-year-old had given away on the bus, the first thing the mom said was, "Oh no! Not again!!!"
Yep, apparently the same thing had happened the year before! When he was in 4K, he snuck money to school and handed it out to his preschool class. I'm not sure what the future holds for this young man, but I'll say this: he's got the principle of sharing down pat.
* I'm pleased to report that the family got all of the money back. I was impressed at the honesty of the other parents. One woman returned $100...her twin sons had each gotten a fifty on the way home!
That little kid must be the reincarnation of Robin Hood!
ReplyDeleteI thought of Robin Hood too! Great minds think alike!
DeleteHa! Who wants to be a millionaire? (Oh, you're too young for that show. As a matter of fact, I think I'm too young for that show.)
ReplyDeleteHe was making it rain!!!!!!! LOL
DeleteThat little kid ... well, can you tell me what bus he rides? I could use a few coins.
ReplyDeleteSeriously! I need to make friends with this kid!
DeleteHow sweet
ReplyDeletePretty strange, but sweet!
DeleteInteresting. I don't know anyone who keeps cash lying around the house.
ReplyDeleteYou haven't met my mother!!!!
DeleteLOL @ Mistress Maddie!
DeleteBEST story of the day!!! "not again" some parents are slow learners, eh?
ReplyDeleteApparently so!
DeleteHow interesting. Nowhere to spend it, so he gave it away.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pretty weird thing to do, even for a little kid.
DeleteLMAO!!!!!! That is an excellent story!!! So funny!!! And thank heavens it was money, there are far worst things he could have given out.
ReplyDeleteAmen! I shudder to think what SOME kids might find and bring to school to share! LOL.
DeleteWhat a very strange story, and what a benevolent young man. Yes, keep a record of such events, you could have a future 'best seller' on your hands!
ReplyDeleteI could certainly write a book about all the crazy stuff middle schoolers do!
DeleteHow wonderful to receive such a sweet note! I am sure you were glowing all day!
ReplyDeleteThat's a really odd story about the kid handing out money on the bus. At that age, I would not have been able to tell the difference between real money and monopoly money (or similar), and would not at all have been interested in it. It would have been a different matter for me if a kid had handed me chocolate just like that :-D
Maybe they should buy the boy some monopoly money to play with!
DeleteWhat a story! That kid's parents need to be more careful with their money.
ReplyDeleteSo pleased that you are happy in your new job, that's a lovely note.
I'll bet he doesn't get a chance to do it a third time!
DeleteSo glad that the toxic workplace is now just a memory, and your new place is what you wanted and deserved. And someone was kind enough to let you know how they feel about you. OMG - you have to love kids' personalities. I am looking forward to more fun stories about them!
ReplyDeleteI'll try to share the best stories as they come up! :)
DeleteIt is so good to hear that your workplace environment continues to be a positive experience. In my last school, where I was at for 15 years, we had 7 administrators. With every regime change, the whole climate of the building would change. Fortunately for me, the last two were great. The "not again" story was a hoot!
ReplyDeleteI was at my last school for six years, and we had three principals in that time. If I were still there right now, I'd be on my fourth!
DeleteThis whole post makes me smile.
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by, Mary.
DeleteI'm so glad your new job is going so well for you, Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ellen! It's been so much better. I'm so lucky.
DeleteThat's wild! Who has that much cash sitting around the house?!
ReplyDeleteWe like to keep a few hundred dollars in cash around for emergencies, but it's not just out where a little kid could get to it!
DeleteI’m a firm believer in positive reinforcement at work, unfortunately it’s rare as hens teeth when meant
ReplyDeleteThis means a great deal and welldone you
Thanks John. I hope they think I'm doing a good job. Positive feedback means so much!
DeleteIs the little boy called Jesus by any chance? You should have a quiet word with Jesus and tell him to bring all the banknotes to you next time - but not to tell his mummy and daddy.
ReplyDeleteGood for that writer! If more people did this we would be so much the better for it.
ReplyDeleteOh what a funny story about the child giving away money. That is a heart warming note someone gave you.
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