At Jayden's school, the gates are locked until 8:30 a.m. sharp, at which point the bell rings and kids have precisely 10 minutes to rush the poor teacher opening the gates and get to class before school begins (yes, that does in fact leave no time for playing or getting their energy out before having to sit still for long stretches of time. Thank you for noticing!)
Between 8:20 and 8:30, eager children and their parents mob the area in front of the main gate. I stared at that gate every single morning last school year. Two signs hang on the gate, one above the other. While my brain at one point noted that something was "off" about the signs, I don't know that it really registered what exactly seemed wrong.
Recently, I surreptitiously supervised a group of unruly upper-graders as they took turns shoving one another into the fence; I wondered at what point I would have to intercede before someone broke a bone. And one of the biggest, burliest of the bunch stopped, pointed at the signs on the gate and guffawed: "JUST WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO, ANYWAY?!"
And we all, children and adults alike, stopped and looked at the signs:
I got some pretty good responses to this on Facebook. And posted it to Fail Blog. I am waiting for Jay Leno to come calling...this is crying out for his "stupid signs" segment.
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