411. The teacher notices that my pencil is the length of my little finger and places a new pencil on my desk.

412. We have our swimming carnival and my teacher, despite a 25m lead, ends up coming equal with me. She told me that she wasted time putting on her swimming cap because she didn’t want to mess up her hair. And we laughed and laughed.

413. We are sitting on the floor in the hall, and I notice the kid beside me has wet her pants. Another kid yells, ‘Look! She has wet her pants.’ And the teacher says, ‘Everybody stand up. We are going back to class. The roof has leaked and someone has sat right in the puddle. Can that girl stop crying. Anybody could accidentally sit in a puddle. Now, can you go to the office now please. And Mrs Smith, can I see you for a moment!’  (My teacher is clever and thoughtful.)

414. I see the teacher helping a small child pop a hole into the top of their juice container (for a straw) and it squirts out in a little stream. The teacher jumps back, not wanting to spill any juice on their clothes.

415. I am on the roster to feed the fish. I love it when I arrive in the morning and get the fish food and move to the aquarium. I am suddenly the most popular person in the class because others stream towards me to watch me feed the fish. When I feed them, even the fish swim to the surface to be closer to me.

(Copy copyright: I love school when even the fish like to be near me.)