Feb 29th is coming
Posted By drsao on February 27, 2008
I am a substitute teacher for elementary and middle schools here in VA. Every day is an adventure – and one day in elementary school tends to be MORE eventful than a week (or month?) of teaching at the university level! 🙂
Yesterday I pointed out to the fifth graders that soon it will be FEBRUARY 29th – and when we have LEAP YEAR we get an extra day in our year.
Now it seems to me that when we have a GIFT of an extra 24 hours, and when that GIFT only presents itself once every four years, that we SHOULD DO SOMETHING with it that is OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
First, I suggest that it become a school holiday (the fifth graders unanimously agreed with this idea and encouraged me to change the school calendar….I am sure that someone with that POWER will read my blog and run with the idea.)
Second, I think that the adults should take a holiday from work too (I just heard a little echo of appreciative applause from cyberspace.)
This idea could become a bit problematic -what would our special day be like if no one cooked, sold groceries or gasoline….ya da ya da!
Well, it seemed like a good idea on paper.
How about this – everyone should use this special day to do at least one thing that will make someone else happy. HM – A SPREAD THE CHEER DAY! Yes, I like that idea…..but I don’t think it will make the 5th graders laugh and clap like my original idea of deleting school from the Feb. 29th agenda!
Happy Leap Year – let me know how you spent your SPREAD THE CHEER day!
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