It was three days after April Fool's Day last year, and one of my student's brought a remote control rattle snake for show-and-tell.
The whole class had a turn to make it move around the classroom... And then came the trick!
"I dare you to make it go under the divider into Second Grade," whispered one boy to another.
Of course, the teacher heard. But she thought the amusement factor was too high to dissuade the youths. So she kept quiet.
Second Grade let it roar! "AHHHHHHHHHHH! It's a snake! Get out! Go! Go! Go!"
Children literally ran out of their classroom and all the way down the hall. The secretary and headmaster vacated their offices to attend to the noise and fleeing children.
And the First Grade teacher, though completely shocked at the level of excitement, watched from her room with silent mirth and no regrets.
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