The Cards

Today we had a 2 hour delay, so our classes were about 20 minutes long. I didn't have a ton of time, so on the overhead projector I wrote the directions for starting the day, "1. Pick up a heart eraser, a lollipop and a Valentine Card. 2. Write on card, "To my favorite student, from Ms. H." I explained later that I didn't have time to sign the cards myself. Once that was out of the way we commenced with writing odes to our pencils. I was fairly hyper from eating any cookie or chocolate that was handed to me as the kids entered. I noticed one kid carelessly dropped his Valentine Card on the ground so I screeched, "Hey, that hurts my feelings. And you didn't even sign it! How are you going to know it's from me later?" He answered, "I'll know because I'm pretty sure you're the only person handing out Hello Kitty cards today." He had a point, but still he should follow directions.