You Know You're Up North When. . .

40% of your students have camouflage as a primary color in their wardrobe!

This story happened just yesterday (11/4/08), speaking of which, congratulations Obama. With temps. still in the upper 60's, I find it a waste of time to still be inside. I took my 2nd grade classes outside yesterday to continue and "tweak" their kicking skills. As I do before every lesson, I plan an Instant Activity. An IA is just that, an activity to get the kids moving right away, then get their attention. We happened to be playing their favorite tag game of "Mosquito Tag" for.

Back to my first line of the blog: It never fails, every day and every class that comes into my gym has at least 3 students dressed in some kind of camouflage. This particular 2nd grade class has one student who come dressed in camo 4 out of the five days of school. Believe me, this isn't just any old camo. This kid has camo with sponsors names on it and everything. . .it's expensive stuff. Students are always required to bring their jackets to class in case it is really cold out and we still decide to go outside. This says it all. . .this student's jacket was a $100 ScentBlock Technology jacket. Why? Perhaps he doesn't want his teacher to smell him in case he is hiding in class? I just don't get it. ScentBlock clothing is the latest and greatest in hunting clothing to obviously perform it's name. His parents are clearly thinking that whether it's math or reading, no one is going to smell him.

While trying to allow time for everyone to be taggers, I finally picked Joe last. I always hesitate picking him to be a tagger because let just say that Camo Joe is a little "overactive". As soon as I collected that "mosquito noses" and handed one to Joe, he stepped out in front of the class and proclaimed "I AM GOING TO BASS PRO SHOP ALL YOUR ASSES".
WHAT? Bass Pro Shop all your asses? What the heck does that mean. Note: Bass pro shops are basically a Sports shop dedicated to bass fishing. I immediately addressed the situation dealing with the serious issue first "What does 'bass pro shop' mean?" I asked Joe.

"I don't know, they just say it all the time on the Hunting Channel when they catch a lot of fish. That's all we watch at home".

Needless to say, Joe was put in a time-out and explained that he cannot say "asses" in school let alone trash talk like that. Which brings me to my final point:

You know you're up north when - the phrase "I'm Gonna Bass Pro Shops Your Ass" is considered trash talk!

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