The one that I find children hilarious

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A few weeks ago my school participated in the Commonwealth, a federation of formerly British Colonies. Each grade was assigned to give a small performance about their designated country. My fifth graders were assigned Jamaica. Because I am “unbiased” in the school, I was picked to judge the competition. We all gathered in the open sand area and I had a desk set up for the serious judging of it all. The students were supposed to dress like their native countrymen, tell a bit of information on the country, and sing a song, recite a poem, or do a traditional dance. In come the 5th graders. I was supposed to be an unbiased member of the performances, but it was really difficult not to favor the 5th graders. They came to school dressed like Rastas and gangsters, and entered the stage with paper bags filled with fake booze, and seriously huge paper joints. One of the students carried a boom box on his shoulder and played some reggae, totally old school style. It was seriously hilarious. They even got one of the 5th grade teachers, Mr. Bojang (who I can’t even describe how goofy he is) to dance up on stage with them. After the performances the students brought food of all kinds from home. The teachers hung around outside as the students brought us food and drink. That’s one beautiful thing about teaching here, the kids know how to be submissive and respect their elders…other wise they will get a boot up their ass.

Quote of the post:
“Laughter is inner jogging”

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Comments

[lisa]

haha
this was a school sponsored event?? ahhaha i love it.

[Miriam]

I love It!
I love your blog. My husband is from gambia and I might be able to go visit in December for the first time. Yayyy! Kepp fingers crossed! Keep writing please! I dig around for anything about Gambia all the time and I love getting personal views of "back home". By the way are your from the US? If you are I have questions in regards to flights. Thanks!

[deleted_49612]

LOL