It's always fun going to a school for the first time - all new kids, staff, and schedules. Today I was an educational assistant at the elementary school in Iron Mountain. Lots of recess duties = lots of conversations with lots of different kids. This school was grades EK - 3 and they all believe that at the top of the hill behind their school is a giant snake hole. The reason the playground is fenced off is to keep the snakes out. Obviously. Also, after third grade gym class, the boys all clamored to one water fountain while the girls filed behind the other. Not because it's an actual rule or even directions from the gym teacher, but because they are nine and the opposite gender is disgusting.
2. Common footwear are not called "sneakers", but tennis shoes.
3. All you need to do is gesture toward the door when approached by an 8-year old pinching a scrambling wood tick. It's so common that they'll go straight to the bathroom, flush it, and come back to recess like nothing happened. This happened eight times today.
4. Nachos are an appropriate main course for school lunch.
5. The playground is fenced off specifically to keep snakes out.
6. There is such a thing as girls' and boys' water fountains.
7. Early kindergarten is the same thing as Pre-K.
8. In May, you leave the house in the morning when it's 40 degrees and drive home when it's 85 degrees.
9. You cannot effectively backtrack your route to work when a one way road is involved.
10. Whichever way you want to turn at a four-way intersection during road construction will be the last line of traffic the sign holder allows by.
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