Sometimes kids at school say totally random things that don’t make much sense.  Or maybe it’s just my middle-aged mind that doesn’t know what to make of what they say.  Whatever it is, a child made a remark today that still has me puzzling over it.

It’s TCAP (Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program) week, and in addition to giving the test to a small group of students each morning - if you call TEN students a small group, I’m also on recess duty in the afternoons to give the classroom teachers a break.  During recess, six non-classroom staff members watch six classes of second and third graders enjoy fifty minutes outside playing & running off any test-related stress they might have.  I enjoy it.   What’s not to enjoy spending almost an hour outside in the sunshine with a mild breeze?  I’ve learned to bring a foldout chair and place it strategically along the perimeter of the playground - and if’s it’s sunny, I find a spot of shade along the perimeter.

So today, as I sat in my strategically located fold-out chair, a second grade boy ran up to me and said, “There’s something you should know!”

Those are NOT words that a teacher enjoys hearing because typically good news doesn’t follow such a statement.  With apprehension about what might be going on that I was unaware of, I asked,  “What?” 

In a high and singsong voice he answered, “Being good is good.  Being evil is fun.”

WHAT?  “Why did you tell me that?” 

“Because it’s true,” he replied and then gave an wicked-witch-like laugh as he ran off to play.

Just another typical day in the life of an elementary school teacher.

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