"I'll Write You Up!"

^Words I have never said.

However, today I dealt with one child threatening to do just that to a bunch of other kids in the class. I never really did figure out what she meant by that, because when I told the others that she couldn't write them up - shes's just a kid, the informed me that she could. There's some sort of reporting list somewhere I guess. I had at least 4 kids come up to me and tell me she'd made the threat over something they never did. Little miss "write-you-up" denied ever saying such a thing. I did not buy it (I know these kids pretty well by now and it definitely seems like something she'd do.) There were arguments about it in the morning, dirty looks shot at each other throughout the day, and a big (verbal) fight at recess which culminated in one girl crying and the rest huddling together and shooting furtive glances at me. I had to go get my counselor on and try to help them work it out without them all just exclaiming, "I did NOT!" after everything the other kid said. Eventually we came in from recess - with all of the girls with their grumpy faces on. However, they finally seemed to realize they were first graders, not middle schoolers and 3 minutes later the 2 heads of the opposing parties are walking around the room with their arms around each other and proclaiming to me that, "We worked it out now Miss Barnes!"

Sigh. Equal parts relieved and exasperated! I can tell it's spring!