BLACK OUT

Doesn't it look like such a pretty day here. It is too. There is a little breeze, the sun is shining. It is warming up nicely. Wonderful spring day! For some reason at about 10:20, we lose all power in the entire school. I have a classroom full of kids, not the most well behaved class, mind you. We are for once though having a good discussion about the holocaust and concentration camps when my room goes completely black. One thing I should clarify is that I have a "safe" room on the inside of the building that we can use for bad weather. This means that I don't have any windows. So when the lights go out...it is pitch black in my room. Scary. Not my best day to be trapped in a dark room with a bunch of kids. A. I am really mean to that class (I have to be). B. There is a couple in there that can't keep their hands off each other when the lights are on. and C. How scary is it to be held responsible for wild kids in the dark. I just kept picturing someone getting up and tripping over a desk. The sounds of breaking bones was one I was trying to avoid. Anyway, I got them calmed down (16 year olds lose control of themselves and their reactions when the lights cut out like that). We started to continue are discussion when the principle popped in. Now my principal is a middle age man with somewhat of a white head of hair. As he walks in, one of the students pops off, "hey, all I can see is your hair." Well, that did it. I no longer had control of my class. I myself found it pretty amusing. Mr. J, on the other hand, said to me..."man, that is low" as we were all laughing at him. Needless to say...he didn't stay long. They eventually just let the kids go for a little while. Nice break for the teachers! The electricity is back up and running and things have somewhat settled down.