Show and Tell instructions

[Fritz]

My 3 year old god daughter is starting day school in a week. The school guidelines say there is a show and tell day every Thursday, and the children are all encouraged to partisipate.

That said, they are not allowed to bring "Guns, Knives, or Toys of Destruction."

I kind of get a kick out of that.

[Fritz]

I should mention that all of my future musical projects will be done under the name "The Toys of Mass Destruction." Thank you.

[Swaggs]

What about Toys of Mass Destruction?

[Swaggs]

Drat. Fritz beat me to the punchline in his own thread. :(

[Ksyrup]

My daughter's school has the same Thursday show and tell day. It's pretty funny what she does - they bring something that starts with the letter they are working on each week, so if she can't come up with something, she'll rename one of her stuffed animals and bring it that week. Now that's resourceful thinking for a 4 year old.

[NoMyths]

I'm not sure if I'm shaking my head more at the instructions or at the thought that you are someone's god parent, Fritz. :)

[Hurst2112]

Actually, now that I think about it, I remember bringing in toy guns to show and tell back in kindergarten. Back in the day when they didn't have bright red pieces of plastic on the muzzle.

Ah, those were the days.

[Fritz]

I'm not sure if I'm shaking my head more at the instructions or at the thought that you are someone's god parent, Fritz.

Welcome back Bryan.

FWIW, I am a pretty fucking awesome godparent 99% of time.

[tucker342]

But you know that other 1% is why you're wanted in 15 states;)

[NoMyths]

Welcome back Bryan.

FWIW, I am a pretty fucking awesome godparent 99% of time.Thanks. And I believe you.

Mostly (you really do a large part of the religious instruction for the child?). ;)

[sachmo71]

Does that mean that Guns 'n Roses CDs are out?

[Franklinnoble]

When we were kids, my dad used to take us goose and duck hunting on the eastern shore of Maryland. One day, my younger brother asked my mother if he could bring one of the empty shotgun shells from our most recent outing to kindergarten for show and tell. My mother said, "No, empty shotgun shells aren't appropriate for show and tell."

So, he brought a live shell instead. I can only imagine how much more severe the reaction would have been post-9/11. :D

[WSUCougar]

Guess that means the Lite Brite, Slinky-triggered hydrogen bomb stays at home... :(

[Ksyrup]

My mother said, "No, empty shotgun shells aren't appropriate for show and tell."

So, he brought a live shell instead.
Did he become a lawyer? If not, he should have.

[judicial clerk]

Frnaklinnoble's younger brother followed the letter of his mother's ruling, if not the spirit.

[Ksyrup]

If she got upset with him, he should have responded with:

expressio unius est exclusio alterius

[JonInMiddleGA]

Argh, a "Show & Tell" thread.

My turn to rant for a minute -- This f'n new-fangled version of S&T is one of the bigger PITA's of having my child in kindergarten.

"Back in the day", we had show & tell every week too. If you had something cool (in your mind, if not in reality) to show and/or tell, you brought it & did the drill, if not, no big whoop.

Now, however, it's like this mandatory exercise in presentation skills or something. They've got the kids bringing toys, stuff, basically whatever & doing the routine. Okay, I understand something from a trip to the circus or to WDW or whatever, but just random f'n toys outta the kid's room? WTF? So every Friday morning ('cause it hardly ever seems to come up on Thursday night when there's some time) there's this mad scramble around the house, trying to find something that he
a)hasn't taken already
b)is mobile enough to fit in his book bag
c)is durable enough that some little hellion won't destroy it while it's passed around the room

They're in school roughly 36 weeks a year, and after something like 28 weeks of this crap, it's getting kinda tough to find something that fits all three criteria.

I'm telling ya, I'm losing my f'n mind over @#$%^@$# #$&#@$% @#$% kindergarten Show & Tell. GRRRRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!!!

[cuervo72]

Yeah, I think every week is a bit much. My son just ends up taking the random small toy approach too usually.