I always enjoy stories of students sleeping in class. The prevailing notion here is that if they're sleeping when the period ends, just let him keep sleeping. If another class comes in, just leave him there and don't disturb him. Eventually he'll wake up, and have missed at least part of his next class, if not more than that.
I could never get A in that subject area during my whole studying days from high school to college(sigh).
My wife, Tara, teaches 5th graders. Last year, she had a big, Lennie(Of Mice and Men) type kid that would always put his head down. One day, she let her students startle him in order to wake him up. The kid got up swinging!!! Three kids jumped on the big guy and took him down. Then, the smallest kid in the class(ADHD) jumped off a desk and executed a Randy Savage elbow drop on the big kid. Needless to say, my wife never let other kids wake the big guy again.
She was shocked, but I laughed to the point of tears as she told me the story!!! I'm almost laughing out loud thinking about it.
Poor Lenny. Why didn't you just go find George? Lenny would never swing at George. I don't think I would be accepting of the kid that pulled the Randy Savage. Perhaps he crossed the line on that one.
Top 10 Excuses for a Catnap At Work... It happens to all of us at some point. You've had a long night, but come morning it's off to work you go. Things are okay until you hit that wall and all you want is just a few moments of shuteye. You take it only to be rudely awakened by your boss! Learn the top 10 things to say when caught sleeping at your desk: 10. "They told me at the blood bank this might happen." 9. "This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in that time management course you sent me to." 8. "Whew! Guess I left the top off the White-Out. You probably got here just in time! Thank you!" 7. "I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on our mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm." 6. "I was merely testing my keyboard for drool resistance. It wasn't mentioned in the owner's manual." 5. "I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminatory toward people who practice Yoga?" 4. "Damn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem." 3. "The coffee machine is broken and I didn't think you wanted me to leave the office to go out and buy coffee without telling you first." 2. "I am so glad you are here. Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot and I had no idea!" And the #1 best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at work... ".....in Jesus' name. Amen."
