The Farter

This kid farts in my class. That's enough to end my blog right there, but I'll continue with my thought.

I'm not sure why he does it. It could be his diet. Or, I've heard that it could happen in moments of stress (my class is a regular gauntlet of taxing moments, let me tell you). Or, I've heard you can get so focused on something that the mind relaxes its regulatory hold and stuff just happens. I am not 100% certain, but I am afraid that he does do it for attention.

Whether that's the case or not, it's not like I can say anything. If he wants attention, then I don't want to reward him by giving it to him in that manner. If it is involuntary, then I don't want to draw attention and embarrass him.

But if I did do something, then I would go big...

I would put one of those boards up that you see in factories and warehouses. You know, the ones that tell the employees how many days that they have gone without an accident. And if they reached a certain amount of days, they'd get some kind of reward. Mine would be for farting. If my kids reached their goal, then I would give them all A's. It's not like they would get even close with Gassy Gus in there, but it would still provide a nice distraction in my otherwise excruciating day.