POOP

I rarely post about my experiences as a teacher but today's experience was definitely weird and random. Today started out pretty normal. We had our morning math, a mini lesson, and then broke into small group stations. We all went to take a restroom break. We came back and had reading lesson and stations. You know, the usual. After the final station, I give the signal for the kids to get ready for lunch. Just about as everyone has finished picking up their station, a notorious trouble maker yells out POOP!!!!!! Everyone busts into laughter and as I start calming them down and trying to get to the kid to talk to him about his action, I notice that he wasn't just yelling the word poop. Right beside his desk is a HUGE pile of human poop. So big in fact, that when cleaning it up with paper towels, I couldn't pick it up with 1 hand. (I know, disgusting). I start to question students about where this came from, who saw this, etc. With 2 minutes to lunch, I had to cut my interrogating short. After dropping off my students, I stop by the VP that is over my grade level and chat with her about the situation. Suspecting it is one student imparticular, I stop by the counselor as well. All three of us could not come up with a logical explanation as to how a pile of human poop (that wasn't squished together like it had come out of a bag or anything) ended up in the middle of my classroom. I guess the poop mystery will go down as one of the top craziest things to happen to me as a teacher. Yet again, this is another example of how I definately do not get paid enough for what I have to do on a daily basis!