Happy Halloween from all of us here at Learn Me Good!
Since last year, at the last minute, they suggested that the teachers at my school dress up for Halloween, I figured there was a good chance we would be dressing up again this year. However, we were informed yesterday that there is one child who practices a religion (the administration was uncertain of which) that cannot tolerate costumes. Therefore, no one was allowed to dress up today during the school day.
However, at the staff meeting yesterday, we were told that in March, we would be having a day to dress up as our favorite book character. Now please don't ask me to explain how dressing up for Halloween violates a person's theological beliefs, but dressing up in early March does not. I guess it's probably the same reason that some people think that Harry Potter books indoctrinate kids into the Wiccan religion. Yeah, and reading Superman comic books will teach kids how to fly...
So anyway, I decided to come home and dress up anyway; now that I have a house I actually have trick-or-treaters.
And I just now turned off the porch light. All out of individually wrapped slices of processed cheese, kids! Just kidding, I had good stuff. And let me just say that now I completely understand the looks my friends and I used to get from people when we trick- or-treated -- as seniors in high school. I felt like I ought to put a sign up that says, "Management reserves the right to discriminate, based on lack of costume." I had to bite my tongue a couple of times not to shout out, "EFF for effort!"
For the most part, my X-Men costume went over well. But one girl called me "that guy from the Matrix" -- the Matrix?!? Did that guy from the Matrix wear pencils on his hands? Come on people!
As for the favorite book character, I'm open to suggestions. I should mention that I'm 6 foot four, and even though I do have a lightning bolt-shaped vein on one temple, I am way too large to be Harry Potter, and ditto for Frodo Baggins or Stuart Little.
Right now, I think I'm leaning towards Pennywise the clown...
3 comments:
Romeo, Peter Pan, Robin Hood ... If tights aren't your thing, how about Dr. Suess Cat in the Hat, Captain Hook, Jack Skellington. For rizzle, the sky is the limit.
Oh yea. Pennywise would be exactly the kind of thing an elementary teacher should dress as. Then the little kiddies can come to me and have a GOOD reason to write essays about how their biggest fear is coming face to face with a clown.
Your costume was excellent. I went as a piece of ABC gum. Why do I humilate myself so?
No one gets treats at my house without a costume-- unless they are a parent escorting loads of kiddies.
Otherwise, it's just extortion.
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