At the end of the day, Heidi and our principal were swapping stories about funny interactions they had had with kids lately. "I got one for you," the principal said.
We are all familiar with her routine for signaling students to quiet down in assemblies. She does a call-and-response routine involving the initials of our school. She will say, "TJ!" and the students are supposed to answer, "MS!" She'll repeat it a few times until she has everyone's participation.
Today she was walking down the hallway when she spotted a 7th grade cutting up. She called his name, but he tried to get away from her by pretending not to hear and then joining a line of 8th graders on their way to the library. Not to be fooled, she called his name again louder and more firmly. "TJ!"
He still ignored her, but the 8th graders didn't. "MS?" they answered, confused.
Their response didn't even register with her as she focused in on the mischievous 7th grader. "TJ!" she said again.
"MS!" the 8th graders replied more loudly.
Then it hit her. "No," she laughed and pointed. "That TJ!"
The kids laughed too, and one of them pushed him out of line. "Go talk to her, man!" he instructed him, shaking his head.
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