Sigh, you're such a challenge

There are these new toys that are the bane of my existence. They are called Bakugans and they are little balls that pop open when placed next to something metal due to their magnetic innards. They are about the size of a quarter, and easily hidden amongst second grade pockets. It is routine in room B10 that when the teacher finds said toy, it is no longer a child's property, but the property of the pink box on my desk that holds many treasures, at least until the end of the day.

A few days ago, one of my students received the mother load, and had probably 10 of these Bakugan toys. I confiscated 5 before he realized he needed to do a better job keeping them encogneto. So this same student goes out to recess and takes the rest of his toys, and is caught by yet another teacher. She tells him she is going to bring the toys to me and he responds "That's alright, I'll get them at the end of the day."

This teacher comes up to me and relays the information, and I decide that my student is a little too confident that he will have his toys back, and I can imagine my future, day...after day...after day having to take these toys away. So I decide to keep them for another day, just to make sure he remembers to leave his toys at home.

At the end of the day, the student santers up to my desk and casually says "Mrs. Ward, I'm going to get my toys now."

I reponded, "No, I think I will keep them one more day, just to be sure you remember the rules about toys"

He looks at me, drops his hands, sighs and says:

"Mrs. Ward, You're such a challenge"

I had to laugh. I think Scott would agree whole heartedly :)