Friday, May 22, 2009

Lunch Time

I've pulled Middle School lunch duty at school for the rest of the year. I'm happy to do it - as much for the kids , as for the poor teacher I'm helping out. It's down to the last 10 days and the natives are definitely getting restless.

The sixth grade girls are still looking pretty innocent; not the source of much lunch room chaos!



The silly seventh grade girls are so ready to be the big kids!



Next year's Top Dogs - the seventh grade boys - "Yeah - we bad!"



The eighth grade boys - ready for high school.


And all of a sudden, they've become very shy and elusive, the eighth grade girls.


You may notice the absence of the sixth grade boys. Um - therein lies the need for a change in supervision in the lunchroom. As much as I love these boys, sometimes they are just unlovable, and the during the 20 minutes of lunchtime, the sixth grade boys - unlovable.
As the school year comes to an end, I realize just how much time I've spent with these kids and how much I've gotten to know and appreciate each one of them. I'm going to miss these kids over the summer, and the eighth graders next year.


School lunch - not so much!

14 comments:

Jeanne said...

What is that pale mass in the middle of the tray supposed to be?

Chris said...

*nightmare school lunch flashback*

Vicki Knitorious said...

Hm. I recognize MILK! And PEAS! And ORANGES? Is that BREAD in front and... (muttering: they wouldn't serve shredded cheese like that, would they?)... SPAGHETTI??? (No sauce?) Huh???

Amy said...

I'll take today's school lunches over what I grew up with: chow mein. Goulash. Sauerkraut. And I love sauerkraut--but not at school.

Miss T said...

Lunch duty...talk about drawing the short straw! What IS that whiteish stuff on the tray???

Carole Knits said...

Good lord. What IS that?

Sydney said...

What is the wormy looking stuff? Naked spaghetti, I hope? ...And I had almost forgotten about school lunches.

Cursing Mama said...

Alfredo, right?
I'm surprised that your 8th graders aren't enjoying a week without uniforms. Although maybe this isn't their last week.
At St.School & St. High School the "big kids" have all enjoyed this, their last week of school, uniform free. Lucky buggers.

kmkat said...

Hmm. Naked pasta, bread, and peas. Carbo loading in middle school? Hard to get to five a day fruits/vegies with that lunch, since peas do not count as a vegie.

Amazing to see the visible differences in attitude from the sixth graders to the eighth graders. I used to love getting to know the kids when I worked at the library. Teenagers are such fun. (No, I am not being snarky -- they really are.)

Carrie K said...

I really hope that's shredded cheese and not naked pasta. Yuck.

Kids! they look so young and yet so old.

Jillsknit said...

I'm with everyone else - what's the pasta like substance? It's frightening!

trek said...

Lunch: bleargh.

mrspao said...

I'm hoping that might be spaghetti carbonara?

Guinifer said...

Hah! My boy used to have thirds on naked noodles!

Yep 6th grade boys - an unknown creature, for sure.