
While at my elementary placement, I would wait for my classes to arrive while standing out in the hall. This way I could not only see and monitor down two long hallways, I could also greet my class with a friendly face and high five. This elementary school has, as im sure many elementary schools have, what I like to call and "open range" bathroom. This is where there are no doors leading into the bathroom, only corners to block any viewing. The sinks are also located outside the bathroom to prevent any unnecessary animosity. The boys sink was hidden around a small corner just enough to where I could not see the entire sink when I was standing at my greeting perch just outside the gymnasium.
One day, I saw one of my favorite elementary students standing at the sink washing his hands and jumping around like he just rode the ferris wheel at the fair for the first time. He was always like this though. Lets call him Jake. Jake was one of my Kindergarten Specially Designed Phy. Ed. students. The kid was so quirky that it made him one of the sweetest little boys. The things he would say were so obscure and random that he could confuse a lawyer with his antics. He would do such things like standing up in the middle of a dance lesson and saying "Mr. S, I hate bees on my face" (keep in mind this was the middle of January) then sit back down and listen as if nothing happened. That was Jake, and it always brought a smile to my face when I saw his big smile everyday. As I saw him washing his hands and dancing at the sink, I asked him, "Jake, why are you so happy?"
He responded with an exuberant "Mr. S. I went poo poo in the pee pee!"
I immediately asked without hesitation, "you did what?"
By this time I had already lost him and he began to sing to himself while drying his hands. The song sounded like something he probably was making up as he went.
Curious to know what was going on, just in case something "bad" happend, I took a couple steps towards the bathroom to follow him back to the room. Remember the sink is around a corner so I was unable to see the teacher's aid standing at the sink helping Jake wash up. She poked her head around the corner right behind Jake and said with a horrified face "Yeah, He just took a dump in the urinal".
By this time, Jake was 15 feet down the hallway and about to re-enter his room. Having heard the aid tell me about his apparent trophy, he turned around with a hand on the doorknob, his signature smile on his face and exclaimed for all to hear "And now I'm gonna watch a movie!" He then opened the door and gleefully pranced back into his room to. . .yes, finish watching the movie.
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