19 3rd Graders and One Class Fish...again

It is with great sorrow that I bring you the news of the death of yet another class pet: Buddy the Goldfish. Buddy lived a long life- 8 days- and he will be greatly missed. What is it with me and fish? Granted this time the kids were in charge of taking care of it. They were probably putting pencil shavings in the aquarium or something. So far, Bubbles lives on, but we'll see how long that lasts.

And...for the second time, someone stuck a tiny, tiny pencil in the electric sharpener causing it to sharpen, and sharpen, and sharpen until I screamed (just when this exact same situation happened a few months ago), "Will someone please unplug it?!" Why is it that kids think they can stick a one-inch pencil in a pencil sharpener? More importantly, why are they still attempting to write with a pencil that small? So for now, we're out of commission on the pencil sharpener front. Will they ever learn?