For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 08, 2012

somehow, that’d be a benefit if you’re in a deaf school… unless the teacher has good hearing

I had a teacher who could smell peppermints from the far end of the classroom. She didn’t need to hear a wrapper being opened.

I don’t think the wrapper is how you got busted, Michael!

Kids always think they can get away with something when it’s so obvious to the adults. LOL!

Obviously, there aren’t that many smart people around. This election should prove that.

I have to say that 5 minutes off isn’t very much of a punishment.

Right, 5 minutes to him will seem like a long time, but 5 minutes from the teacher isn’t very long. I would have given him 15. But not for just eating a leftover piece of Halloween candy. Something more disruptive to the class maybe. For this I would have just pointed out that if he doesn’t have a piece for everyone, don’t touch that candy while in class. I was made to toss a lot of pieces of gum while sitting in class. That gum helped me work better, too!

I too would like to see a silent wrapper. There’s always a jerk at the Symphony trying to be sneaky and making the wrapper crinkle for half an hour.

Remember, recess is also the teachers break. so she is also punishing herself.

At the Symphony, the key is always to unwrap during the fortissimo passages.

Meowlin: The Houston Symphony has a story of one of the sudden pianissimo passages after the fffz in which a woman was yelling, “I always fry mine in lard.”

I’d love a silent wrapper so my dog wouldn’t hear it and jump all over me to get some.

Easy solution! Take the wrapper off in the hallway. Then either fold it in a piece of paper or just enjoy the pocket lint.