I turned out the lights and started the movie. You all remember what it was like in high school/junior high. Desks were used more for pillows than writing sometimes. Picture it. Head down on your arms, eyes shut, mouth open, drool coming out of your mouth making a small puddle on your desk. You've been there.
And that is exactly what was happening for one girl in my class. Her desk was in the back of the room, right in front of my desk. So, there I was minding my own business grading papers at my desk. I would look up and watch some of the movie and then go back to grading. It was one of those moments when my head was up when all of a sudden this girl's whole body jerked and she jumped almost out of her desk. With her curls bouncing, her head flew up, and then smacked back down onto her arms which had been holding her head. Her desk shook and rattled nosily as her legs bumped against the sides.
Her head came up slowly after that. Her two friends turned to her with questioning looks on their faces. And I, being the only one that had seen the whole episode, and being the mature teacher that I am, slowly started to chuckle. This laughter, as this student looked around tiredly trying to figure out what happened, turned to louder bouts of giggling as I pictured her jumping and smacking her head again. Her friends figured out what had happened, started laughing, and soon my face was bright Radio Flyer wagon red, and tears were rolling down my face and I couldn't stop laughing.
Seriously one of the funniest falling asleep school moments I've ever seen. Thanks for making teaching even more fun, girl who fell asleep today. Loved it.
