Wednesday, April 1, 2009

April 1st + 9/10 year old boys = one long day and lots of fake laughs

Happy April Fools Day.

I had actually forgotten about this holiday and didn't think that it was celebrated here in Kuwait. Well, I was wrong. Starting right after the first morning bell, before anyone was able to stuff their bags into lockers, I had my first joke of the day. First of many.. way too many. But really, what else can you expect from a classroom of eight 9 and 10 year old boys?

"Miss, last night a tornado came and took my house away!"
"Oh no!"
"Juuuuuust kidding, April Fools!"

A few minutes later...
"Miss, we got into a car accident this morning on the way to school."
"Oh no. I hope no one got hurt."
"April Fools. Haha I got you!"

As the jokes continued throughout the day my reactions got better and better. They loved seeing me react and put my hand on my chest or hearing my gasps of fake disbelief. One student however, knew he crossed the line and quickly pulled it back.

"Miss, I'm not sure how I know this but your nephew is really hurt."
"What?"
"I'm sorry. It's April Fools. And that wasn't funny."

I can't remember all of the jokes. There were just too many. They were all verbal tricks, luckily no one jumped out or hid anything around the classroom. I was told that there would be an alien attack tonight and that a huge sandstorm was coming. I was also told that the Ministry of Education canceled school tomorrow which meant that we didn't need to come in. If I have any empty desks tomorrow I think it'll be safe to say that they used that trick on their parents as well.