Kid's Say the Darndest Things

Yesterday I was substituting a class called "ICE" which is like in school suspension. Basically it's a small group of kids, almost always guys, who have gotten in trouble at school and so rather than suspend them (since it's wasn't that big of an offense) they keep them together in one class all day. So, for 6 hours, we sat in one classroom and they copied packets of rules for hours on end. One of their assignments was to write a letter to the person they offended. This was the funny part.

You see, out of the six boys who had gotten in trouble, only one was there for missing detention. Two were in there for "pantsing" each other, and the other three were kicking each other in the groin. My parents said I should feel right at home.

The best letters were those from the groin kickers. Some favorite lines were things like; "You shouldn't kick a man there because he is very sensitive there." Then the kid who wrote it asked if he should write the proper term for groin or the slang term. I said the slang term is fine. I talked to them about how it happened and it was pretty much a chain reaction. One boy came up from behind the second boy and kicked him in the groin. Then the third boy saw it and he kicked the first boy in the in the same place. Then the boy who was kicked originally, punched the one who kicked him in the groin, and he "laid down on the ground in the fetal position." So, overall, it was a fun day.