This past summer, when I was showing some friends all my early "creations" I stumbled on something I hadn't noticed before. A decorated folder that I had mistaken for a picture was actually stuffed with hand-made Valentine's Day cards.
I'm not sure if they still do this in the first grade or not, but to avoid turning it into a popularity contest, it was a rule that everyone had to give everyone else a card. No exceptions. Boy or girl, you gave them a card. It didn't matter if you hated them or liked them. You gave them a card.
These were "cards" only in the most generous terms. Most of the time it was a folded piece of paper with a heart and a "Happy Valentine's Day" on the outside, and a "Have a happy day, your friend [insert name here]" on the inside.
This was my favorite:
Front:
Inside:
Apparently, in the first grade I was a dick. Who knew?
Feckin hilarious. You were the master of the bait and switch. "Here's a nice Valentine for you! - Now you will DIE!"
ReplyDeleteEither this is fake and you're a clever lad of the highest order or you went to some sort of highfalutin elementary school that turned out alot of butlers.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very sophisticated way for a 1st grader to state his indignation with your dickishness.
I envisioned? (enaudibled? - whatever the word for hearing something in your head is). Anyway, as I read it, in my head it sounded accented and nasal with a movie butler kind of inflection.
"How daaaaare you you push me down."
I think the next page said something like, "Mark my words, I shant forget this."
Definitely not a fake. That's why I thought it was so funny. I could be mistaken about the grade, however -- I don't have kids so I don't know the relative literacy level of various grades.
ReplyDeletethis makes me laugh, even when i scroll away from it. so i had to comment.
ReplyDelete-<3 Lara