Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day.  Otherwise known as the day for kids to have an excuse to eat candy and have their hearts broken.

There was so much candy around in the class that if I didn't let the students know that they couldn't eat it in school...I would have had to get them down off the walls.

I also had a student that spent the whole day sad because they didn't have a Valentine.  I explained to them that at nine and ten years old, all of the students in the class should only have their parents as their Valentines'.

Growing up is tough enough.  They don't need to start in the world of romance any earlier than necessary.


Día de San Valentín. También conocido como el día en que los niños tienen una excusa para comer dulces y que les rompan el corazón.

Había tantos dulces en la clase que si no les hubiera dicho a los estudiantes que no podían comerlos en la escuela... habría tenido que bajarlos de las paredes.

También tuve un alumno que se pasó todo el día triste porque no tenía San Valentín. Les expliqué que a los nueve y diez años, todos los estudiantes de la clase solo deberían tener a sus padres como San Valentín.

Crecer es bastante difícil. No necesitan comenzar en el mundo del romance antes de lo necesario.

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