Is That Barf on Your Shoe?

Every teacher has a throw up story. Mine took place on the first day of school in a kindergarten class. The students were working at their tables individually. And I was walking through the classroom answering questions.

When I arrived to one little girl’s desk, I noticed that there was barf on her paper, on her arm, on the desk, on her shirt, on her shoe, on the chair, and on the floor. She didn’t seem to mind; however, because she continued to work on her assignment. I looked at the other students at her desk. They too seemed to be oblivious to the vomit that was covering this little girl and most of her belongings. They were all still diligently working as though it were perfectly normal to be covered in puke.

When asked if she threw up, she politely nodded and waited for further instruction. She went to the health room to be cleaned up and taken home, and the principal came from next door to clean the mess.