You know, the crawl-under-your-desk-in-the-fetal-position drill?
For some reason, 4th graders find this extremely hilarious. Especially because after I make sure all the students are accounted for, I have to then crawl under my desk while the principal comes and checks on each class.
Much laughter was happening while I was checking the room making sure everyone was in place, when a student says:
"Miss Ward is so awesome, she doesn't need to crawl under a desk to survive"
another student yells back:
"whatever guys, if there was a fire or earthquake, Miss Ward would definitely die with us"
finally, after a long delay, a final student yells back:
"Guys, have a little maturity!"
