I was having a really bad Friday. Just a whole lot of crap was going on. My head was spinning; I was on the verge of punching out several teachers at school, the students were running around making me crazy. It was not my day; I don’t think I smiled all day. At the end of the day, it was only me in my office. Four little students came in, two girls and two boys, ranging from first to third grade. First of all they were not supposed to be in my office, but I was feeling apathetic towards rules at that moment and they were too cute to kick out. I started to show them pictures on my computer (which was a risky choice) which progressed to my music selection. I asked them if they knew iPod and the 
dancing shadows commercials. Obviously they had no clue, so I had to fill them in. I started to blare The Ceasers Jerk it Out song (from the commercial) and started to dance. Soon the children took after me and I had four wild children dancing their hearts away to the music. Someone, I don’t know who, taught them the “Dance like an Egyptian”. Now the four kids are in a line recreating hieroglyphics. When they were done with this dance I started to teach one of the little girls salsa and the spins. She loooved getting spun around. I must have played the song five times before someone’s parents came to pick them up. Each time I played the song the kids got more creative with their dance moves, their giggles turned into uncontrolled laughter, some falling to the ground unable to stand. I’m defiantly smiling at this point. Little kids can be the source of a bad day, but they can also turn a bad day into a pretty good one afternoon.
* Note: students in this picture were not the same students but you get a visual and understand why you can’t stay upset forever.
