You know they sell soap at the dollar store, right?

So today was my first day back after a couple workshops and the MLK holiday.  Sometimes when you are away from a place for awhile, you come back and see things in a different light.  I like the days I am not at school because I tend to come back and see things a bit brighter.  I wish folk would buy into the brightness.

Anyway, today I came back and noticed some things I had not seen before with the rugbunnies. Now, when I think really long and hard I am sure that really nothing has changed,  it just took a couple days away from it to notice.

I went to the cafeteria this morning to pick up my class and took a really good look at them. I mean a REALLY good look.  Why the hell was most of the class dirty? What the hell? I looked at faces and clothes and I took a good whiff. How in the hell at 7:30 in the morning do I have kids that smell like Funyuns and feet? Really? And it's cold outside!!  It takes a hell of a lot of funk...days worth even, for you to smell like ass and old bacon at 7:30 in the morning when it's 30 degrees outside.

I decide to take my show on the road and Ms Green and the Funky Bunch head back to class. As we are walking I am noticing that quite a few of them have on jackets and pants that are filfty. What the...this is just too much!  Upon closer inspection a good chunk of the Funky Bunch look like they did not brush their teeth or hair this morning either. CRAZY!!  Now I know, having sent my own step daughter to school many mornings fly to death that they can come home a hot mess.  Baby Girl that walked out the door looking like an angel in the morning can quite possibly come come looking like a little crackbaby by 3:15.  But, c'mon!! 7:30 IN THE MORNING?!!

So we had a little conversation (one that they should have had at home) about Ms. Green's expectations of what they should  do before school. I am prepared for some angry parent to come to school tomorrow mad because I told their child to change their drawers (and yes I did mention that they should take a bath prior to changing drawers)  and brush their teeth before hitting the hallowed halls of P.S 147!  But is it really too much to at least make sure you child is clean in the morning?

I know times are tough...but they sell soap at the dollar store. Get ya wash on!! Maybe tomorrow my Funky Bunch will be the Get Fresh Crew!!

(It's stinky here..and may smell like ass and potatoes some days, but I love my job!)