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Well, I think I found it

by VET

Jun 1, 2011

Did your students ever pretend you were not with them on a field trip?

I coached the 7/8 math team(consisting of 4 of my IG gifted students) for district competition. We always went in my car and always got back to school just in time to get the kids home on time. Fun day! (I was paid mileage and our lunches were paid for by the school). The first year, I talked the kids into eating in the college cafeteria, which had pretty good food, It meant I did not have to fight the lunchtime traffic in a town I was not familiar with.

The second year the the kids had gotten too savvy for the cafeteria idea. They begged to go to some pizza place with a buffet I did not know about, but they knew the general area where it was they and would help me find it.

So, off we went on the main dr ag with EVERYONE else in the college town, it seemed. They spotted a sign way up high for the pizza buffet place and I turned into the parking lot, immediately. We 5 went inside with me in...See More

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VET Well, DUH! Didn't read all the directions and forgot to put my email address.

On 6/01/11, VET wrote: > Did your students ever pretend you were not with them on a > field trip? > > I coached the 7/8 math team(consisting of 4 of my IG gifted > students) for district competition. We always went in my > car and always got bac...See MoreWell, DUH! Didn't read all the directions and forgot to put my email address.

On 6/01/11, VET wrote: > Did your students ever pretend you were not with them on a > field trip? > > I coached the 7/8 math team(consisting of 4 of my IG gifted > students) for district competition. We always went in my > car and always got back to school just in time to get the > kids home on time. Fun day! (I was paid mileage and our > lunches were paid for by the school). The first year, I > talked the kids into eating in the college cafeteria, which > had pretty good food, It meant I did not have to fight the > lunchtime traffic in a town I was not familiar with. > > The second year the the kids had gotten too savvy for the > cafeteria idea. They begged to go to some pizza place with > a buffet I did not know about, but they knew the general > area where it was they and would help me find it. > > So, off we went on the main dr ag with EVERYONE else in the > college town, it seemed. They spotted a sign way up high > for the pizza buffet place and I turned into the parking > lot, immediately. We 5 went inside with me in the lead. > > I asked the hostess about the pizza buffet and she looked > puzzled. > > I told her how much WE were looking forward to the pizza buffet. > > She then said, This is____Family Restaurant. > > She looked even more uncomfortable when I told her that WE > had thought it was the pizza buffet place. I told her WE > apologized for making the mistake. > > Then, I turned around and the 4 kids were nowhere in sight, > after I had been talking about "WE". No wonder she was > looking at me in such a strange way. > > I went outside and there were the four kids outside my car(I > had lock the doors on leaving it). Two were on the pavement > laughing. > > The pizza buffet place was next door with the very tall > sign. I had turned in too quickly. > > The kiddos really had not realized we were in the wrong > place until we were inside, so of course they got out > quickly. LEAVING ME ALONE. > > We had a lot of laughs over this, AND I did take them to the > pizza buffet place next door, but we had a long wait, > because so many had gotten there before us. > > When we got back to school that afternoon, one of the kids > told the principal, "Mr.___, we can't take Mrs. VET with us > anywhere." He got a good laugh out of it, too.

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