Vulgar Friday

Last year, on a cold, wet spring afternoon, several students were busy researching but emotionally at the end of their ropes. Fifth grade is a lot of work on many levels, and the class is in or moving into a period of rapid development.  There are a lot of strong feelings floating around.

Someone went to a new research link, and there was one of those annoying ads which have a soundtrack. It was for toilet paper. Permission was asked and granted to go to the full ad, and we saw the most ridiculous ad for toilet paper I have ever seen. Everyone fell over laughing. Of course that was a popular event, so we decided that last thing Friday afternoon would be “Vulgar Friday.”  If we keep the vulgarity under control for the rest of the week, last thing Friday afternoon, we have 5 minutes of some kind of bathroom humor.

One of the first things I was asked this year was if we were going to have Vulgar Friday.  I hastened to assure the class that they did not have to endure such a thing. But I misunderstood. There was unanimous enthusiasm for continuing the tradition.

So here are the rules:

  • Students may look for possibilities, or they can make them.
  • I vet them in advance to make sure they stop at vulgar.
  • We watch or listen to the offering last thing Friday aftenoon.

It provides some welcome emotional release after a busy week at school.  The first week, we watched a Poo-Pourri commercial. This week, we listened to the WC letter ; my grandmother had a typed copy of this when I was a kid, and it is still out there. I can tell who had had a long week, because they are the people who are laughing especially hysterically.

 


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