JOEY: I brought you a piñata.
TEACHER: A piñata? What for?
[The boy points to his piñata].
JOEY: It’s for my Spelling assignment. It said to make a piñata and hide my words inside of it, so I did.
[The teacher takes the box and hears the hollow movement of something inside which couldn’t possibly be slips of paper. He narrows his eyes suspiciously].
TEACHER: What’s inside your piñata?
JOEY: Candy; for you.
TEACHER: Oh, I thought it was dog food.
[The boy starts to laugh as the teacher clicks ‘send’ for the email to his principal about field day].
TEACHER: Now, just why would I think you’d give me dog food?
JOEY: [Shrugs]. Not sure…we don’t have a dog so it’d have to have been cat food. [Pause]. Or fish food…we have one of those.
TEACHER: Wow, I feel honored.
[The boy stands beaming for several seconds and then sits in one of the empty chairs at the back table].
JOEY: What are you working on?
TEACHER: It’s a surprise.
JOEY: [Face brightens]. I know! It’s ice cream for everyone!
TEACHER: If you think it’s ice cream, I wonder just whose class you’ve been in all year…
JOEY: Well, yours.
TEACHER: And do I give out ice cream?
JOEY: I was thinking you might at the beginning of the year.
TEACHER: But I didn’t give out ice cream, did I?
JOEY: No, but I was hoping…and waiting.
TEACHER: Well, keep dreaming, boy…keep dreaming.
JOEY: Maybe if I do keep dreaming it will come true then.
TEACHER: You know, sometimes I worry about you…
[The boy stops as the teacher continues to answer his email. After a few moments the boy speaks up again].
JOEY: The chain fell off my bike last night and got wrapped around my heart…
TEACHER: Welcome to my life…
[Fade to black].
7 comments:
Teaching is a wonderful thing...I love kids!
I love it, love it, love it. I should write some of my student stories.
Kids are great! Enjoy them while you can - summer break is almost here. P.S. That Joey is pretty creative. Hope he's well. :D
Wait... you don't bring your students ice cream on a regular basis?
Love the parting lines.
Aww... I wonder how you get so many "Joeys" worth writing about... I'm guessing there's never a dull day in your classroom.
KJ - They can sure be a kick in the pants, can't they?
S - You should...I bet you have some winners.
C - I will miss him next year; however, I also know that he'll come to visit me. Also, there'll be another Joey next year...I can already tell.
G - Guess I'm not a very good teacher.
L - He comes up with some zingers.
B - You'd be surprised how many I have that I haven't written about...far too many to count, to be honest!
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