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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Upside down and backwards

Yesterday, sometime midmorning, before being flung from a desk in the Grade 5 class, Anri-Louise, the Grade 3 teacher, discovered that her beautiful purple top was inside out. She went to the bathroom to change but got distracted and forgot. 

And when she arrived in class one of her girls pointed it out: "Miss Anri-Louise, your shirt is upside down!" (Yes, this is her second language).

"Well, sweetie, it's actually not upside down, it's inside out, and that's because we're having INSIDE OUT DAY," Anri quickly recovered. And so she sent the whole class to the bathroom to put their shirts on inside out, and turned it into a game of observation - the first three staff members or students to notice that the whole Grade three class was "inside out" would each win a prize.

Amazingly quick thinking on one's feet, I say. And the whole class had a whole lot of fun!
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7 comments:

  1. laughwithusblogFebruary 23, 2011 at 4:52 AM

    You know we may just be sisters! I love how she turned this into fun for everyone. On Sunday I looked down at my purple shirt, that I've owned for over a year, and noticed for the very first time that the embroider on one of the sleeves was inside out. One sleeve pretty snow flakes. The other stringy nondescript shapes. How is it that I've worn it all this time and never noticed? I guess I'll just keep wearing it with half of it inside out!

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  2. HilaryFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    She's a creative thinker. The kind of teacher we as parents hope our kidlets get.

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  3. RobinFebruary 23, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    @laughwithusblog I think that may just be true - you may be sisters... Your stories and hers have a lot in common...

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  4. UnknownFebruary 23, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    Very creative, lucky kids. Congrats on POTW!

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  5. Out on the prairieFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    This is a fun post of the week.

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  6. ethelmaepotter!February 23, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    What fun! I'm sending my daughter over here - she teaches first grade and would love this story.

    Congrats on POTW!

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  7. Cheryl KohanFebruary 26, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    How cool is that? This is such a happy post and I'm so glad it's about a teacher. Teachers rock. And congratulations on POTW!

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