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Dye-ing with Laughter 03.24.2005 - 1:14 p.m. in case you didn't already know...this week i'm out of school and i'm teaching dance to students who are not my normal students. we only have school from 8 to 12 and i'm offering the hip hop class. well since tomorrow is our last day, i decided we'd make tie-dyed t-shirts today for our costumes. so my kids are a little boisterous. i mean i have 2 or 3 students from every grade k - 5!!! i just knew with their little bopping selves, they were going to make a mess in the dye. so we tied up our shirts, and i walked around with the dye cans. i tell the kids that they "BETTER NOT TOUCH THEIR SHIRTS ONCE I PUT DYE ON THEM BECAUSE IT WILL BURN THEIR SKIN AND KILL AND THEM AND WILL NOT COME OUT OF THEIR CLOTHES!!!!" well that's when i walk over to jaqueria's desk, one of my first graders. i kindly ask her what colors she'd like, and she quickly rattles off 3 colors. i start with pink and its not coming out too well. so i shake it, i poke my pen in the top of the bottle, and then try again. it still doesn't come out well so i give it a BIG SQUEEZE!!! that's when the bottle explodes and dye goes all over her face, arms, and shirt!! she starts screaming and crying, "AHHHHHH!! ITS BURNING, ITS BURNING!!!" Me??? oh i just bust out laughing and say..."Oh baby, its okay i wasn't telling the truth. it won't burn you. i'm sorry sweetie, i'm so sorry!! miss swtapplpie will buy you a new shirt from the LIMITED TOO!!" (the limited too to them is like, you and i going and asking vera wang or ralph lauren to custom design us a new top to wear to the grammys)...there was mild chaos for a minute there though. so anyways. she calmed down, but i'm still laughing about it!!!! OHHHHH, THE PAIN!!!.....and considering i also am painted with dark pink dye, you can kinda say i was caught "red-handed" in my little fib!! � |
