The Importance of Pants

Teaching pre-kindergarten is almost as much about teaching them not to be douchebags as it is about teaching them specific skills. No, you can’t steal her crayon. Oh that’s very nice of you for sharing your toy. Yes, farting is funny, but let’s calm down.

Today, I had another such experience. I was teaching two kids about the letters B and H. I turned to the girl to help her with the difference between writing H and h, and when I turned back to the boy he had taken off his pants.

“I HAVE TAKEN OFF MY PANTS!” he shouted.

“Yes, you have. Let’s pull those up please.”

We then had a nice little heart to heart about how the classroom is a place to keep your pants on. He seemed very upset. Lesson learned.