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[culver]

Has anyone else been given a job that they never thought they would have, but they have ended up liking it? I don't think these job assignments were such a bad idea. It's been a nice way to try something new. For me, at least.

And what are some activities that children would like? I need to think of some for Monday.

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[closetshark]

Eating paste, shrieking, defacing literature, throwing tantrums, falling in to wells, the list goes on.

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[culver]

Falling into wells is not an activity.
And I would prefer something that is not harmful anyway.

[closetshark]

You are obviously new to what children do.
You can sit them in corners and tell them cautionary tales of danger.

[culver]

I have never worked in a school before, no.
I am supposed to be teaching them, not scaring them.

[closetshark]

Telling them to be afraid of mass murdering psychopaths and wild animals is teaching them. Fear is the biggest teacher of humanity, trust me. I'm something of an expert on it.

[culver]

[sir you are being so unhelpful]

That sort of fear is not something they need right now.

[closetshark]

It is a fear everyone needs. The world is not some quaint little thing where everyone skips through flowers and vomits rainbows. The sooner they learn that the easier things will be.

[He is the most helpful what are you talking about?]

[culver]

I'm not telling that to a classroom full of five-year-olds.

[closetshark]

So you would rather they trust every stranger, go up to every animal they see and run out in to streets without a care in the world?

[kegflipped]

cars are ok?
and the floor is lava.

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[attractedtodarkness]

Just give them crayons and see if they try to eat it

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[waiting]

Depends. How old are the kids we're talking about, here?

[culver]

You can explain stranger danger to a child without using the word psychopath. I think you are thinking about this a little too intensely.

[culver]

Just okay?
The floor is lava?

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[culver]

I don't think that is an activity.

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[culver]

Five.

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[pyms]

The jobs are great. I can't say I don't like my job but I do miss doing what I know I'm good at. What did they give you?

[attractedtodarkness]

It will be if some of them use it to draw. How old are they anyway?

[culver]

Five. So eating is a big possibility.

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[culver]

I am working in a school with kindergartners.

[attractedtodarkness]

You're good with kids?

[culver]

I like to think so. And I don't think I would have been given this job if they thought I wasn't.

[attractedtodarkness]

I'm not good at my job. Anyway, see if you can find child-safe paint. Kids like to make a mess.

[culver]

What is it?
I will try that. Thanks.

[attractedtodarkness]

Ask around at a a crafts store. They'll know what it is