Another Funny Teaching Story

OK, that last post made me think of probably the funniest thing I ever witnessed as a teacher. I was out on yard duty one day and it had been raining, so everything was pretty wet, including the rain gutters, which were full of rain and leaves and mud and whatever else collects in there. So, I was standing there, watching the kids and this one kid has a basketball that he's playing with not too far away. Now, I'm not sure if he did this on purpose, or if he was just practicing bouncing it really high, but the ball ended up on the roof of the covered walk-way. Now, this kid wasn't too bright because he stood right underneath the rain gutter with his hands up and out, waiting to catch the ball as it rolled down off the roof. In the split second that that was happening, I remember thinking to myself, "All that kid's gonna get is a mouthful of rain and leaves when that ball comes down" and all the sudden, the ball hit the rain gutter and that child with the upturned face and lifted hands got a shower of muddy water and sodden leaves. It was pretty funny!