Spirit Week at school-- the silly stuff is comfortable, too.

The best part of these celebratory weeks at school is the sequence of dress-up days. I forgot yesterday, but that's okay-- it's unlikely I would dress as a celebrity anyhow. One student did wear a slinky dress with a fluffy "fur" coat and large sunglasses, with a strategically placed pillow--she was the pregnant Kardashian. I guffawed. Her pillow kept slipping. 

Today, it's a teacher/student "swap" day-- dress like the students if you are a teacher, and vice versa for the kids. I feel like I've hit the jackpot: leggings and an oversized sweatshirt it is. Woo! It's chilly and rainy yet again, so this is a blessing. 

My favorite themed day is coming on Thursday. It's rather inventive: Zoom Call Day. In other words, dress for work on the top, pjs on the bottom. I'm game. 

And Friday is Spirit Day itself: black and orange anything, and a pep rally for Homecoming in the afternoon. I will not be there for the pep rally, because I leave at lunch time. But I don't mind the black and orange--after this many years (decades) I have enough to choose from. I'll likely wear the Academic Team shirt we got last year, and do a little last-minute team recruiting. 

I'm glad that in our little school we can try to do some fun things for kids. Sometimes they fall a little flat, but at least we are trying. It's hard sometimes, though--high school kids have become really jaded, and very few are willing to let down their emotional/social guard long enough to be a little silly and have fun. There are so many reasons why kids have become so inured to fanciful stuff, it's really hard to pinpoint one or two things that hardened them so much. True, high school-aged kids have always been self-conscious/image-conscious, but this is something else altogether. Yet, every now and then, we get a glimmer of the fun/funny kids they could be. Those are the good moments. When they are writing silly things (on purpose), and then have to share them aloud, and they start laughing so hard while doing so that they just can't go on-- that's the best. 

I hope your day has some frivolous, silly moments, too. Me? I'll be content in my dress-up/dress-down clothes.

Take care,

C