Halloween dance...

Tonight was our Halloween dance at school. I set up this booth where the kids paid a dollar to stick their hands in a bucket of nastiness they couldn't see. I had worms (spaghetti), maggots (rice), a human heart (a peeled tomatoe), and eyeballs (peeled muscadines). I made $68 dollars! They really freaked out over the human heart...it was hilarious to see their reactions. It was pretty fun...we had a good turnout, which means we will make a nice profit for our Outer Banks scholarship fund this year. Tonight I am thankful for times when I can be myself with my students and I don't have to be "the teacher". I am finding that it is more and more important to me to get to know me kids on a more personal basis. I do a better job teaching them when I get to know them as people.