Lions and Tigers and Freemasons, Oh My!

In case you didn't know, kids are freaking weird. They smell funny; they raise their hand in the middle of class to tell you they saw a kitten at the bus stop; they play stupid games with stupid names like "snatchies" and "swirls" (snatchies=stealing something from someone. if you say "snatchies" while you do it, you get to keep it. swirls=putting your hand on someone's head and then moving your hand in a swirling motion really fast, supposedly to make them turn their head....see....STUPID.);they think that hitting you or calling you names is the appropriate way to show affection.

They also spend a lot of time bored. They try to find ways to fill this boredom with any number of activities. Jawon, my dear, dear Jawon, chooses to watch The History Channel. This is equal parts fabulous and annoying. I believe after an episode of Gangland, he came across some kind of special on the Freemasons. Now the ENTIRE class is scared to death of Freemasons. They have some piece of paper where Jawon drew Freemason symbols on it, and they'll throw it at each other and scream. They'll walk to the trash can and on the way there, come up behind somebody and scream, "FREEMASON!" so they other person jumps and also screams. They asked me if Ms. Mason is, in fact, a Freemason.

I told them if they got all their work done, for the last 10 minutes of class, we could discuss the Freemasons. So, then they screamed at each other to shutup. SHUTUP WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT THE FREEMASONS!!! Devin then says that he doesn't want to learn about them, he'll have nightmares. Also, in case you didn't know, Jay-Z is a Freemason, and he sold his soul to the devil (all of them do that.)

Or, at least, that's what Jawon's uncle's neighbor's sister told her cousin who told Jawon.