The Chocolate Milk Dance

Lunchroom Exasperations

from JoeUser Forums
So today I'm already pretty much guaranteed a 10 hour day at the elementary school. Though I do dread the long hours there is one particular part of the day that I am very much looking forward to. Right around Noon-thirty, during the third grade lunch (that's right, this soon to be 23 year old is in charge of the entire lunchroom every tues and thurs) about 4-6 boys perform what's been not so subtly dubbed "the chocolate milk dance." This came about during my first day as the lunchroom Czar (my title, not their's) when I saw the previously mentioned men's chorus violently shaking their chocolate milks while otherwise calmly seated at the lunch table. I thought it would be a good way to break the ice with some of the kids that I don't know from my after school program to suggest they simply drink the milk then shake their stomachs following consumption. Well this went over well beyond my original intentions to where the Chocolate Milk Dance has become a daily ritual of sorts adding more and more participants every week. A number of kids have added their own CMD moves which they try to teach the other kids. I always pretend to be annoyed by it, but really, come on....it's funny.....and the day I don't find it funny I should probably quit.

I hope to share more lunchroom adventures with you as they come about. Hopefully Tues. occurence of sobbing 4th grade girls over the death of the hampster won't be repeated....time will tell.

Peace,
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
The title caught my eye first and this is such a good post! I can just picture it all! When I was in school, I can think of no teacher that would've come up with this! I just love it!
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
hahahaha.... that's wonderful....

How would you like to move here and teach? :)

~Dan
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
I can't think of a better way to keep them from spilling their chocolate milk. You'd better be careful or you'll end up being called to do it everyday.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Dan, where do you teach? I was thinking about joining teach for america so I could get my license sometime in the next 5 years.

I only wish my other suggestions had such success.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
I admire your patience brother... I don't have the patience to work with kids... it's one of my big pitfalls in life...

in time in time...

in the meantime, you go dude... keep up the good work
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Honestly, for a really long time I always thought I wanted to be a child advocate but not work directly with kids. Then I just kind of fell into it and I don't think I could really go the complete other way at this point. Being around kids really grounds you and you realize how easy it is to get carried away in things that don't really matter. Sure, you can see this happening to kids at an early age too, but no matter how crazy our world gets, there will still be some innocence in children. This innocence has reminded me about all the things and abilities I have that I take for granted.