But then, a goose showed up outside of my classroom. Yes, a goose. There is an episode of The Simpsons where a dog is outside of the classroom and the kids all plaster up against the windows to watch a dog. It's funny, because it's so very true. My students will often get distracted by a squirrel, so the arrival of a goose sitting on several inches of freshly fallen snow is a surefire bet that teaching will be a battle.
Although the goose once stood up to angrily flap its wings, like The Raven, the goose was sitting, sitting, never flitting outside my classroom window. This prompted my students to theorize that it was injured or perhaps nesting (in the middle of a snowy field). They came running back from lunch to see that, yes, the goose was still there. It was all I could do to keep them away from the windows, so imagine when during 8th hour, a police car showed up and a policeman and our principal accosted the goose. Disproving the theories that it was injured, the goose almost immediately took off in flight. Satisfied, they adjourned over near the police car... except that to my students' hilarity, the goose had merely circled around and landed behind them. Goose: 1 Humans: 0. A second attempt to shoo away the goose resulted in the same and a third attempt involved the goose actually strolling next to the policeman, then lazily flying some ten feet away and landing back where we started.
At this point, they gave up on the goose, who strutted around then settled back in the snow. During our prep, a coworker went outside and at this point, the goose was entirely unphased by human interaction.
As I left school tonight my principal was standing guard over the goose, lest any kids decide to harass it, and the goose was still claiming his territory. Although I was initially pretty annoyed by the goose, by the end of the day and the laughs he gave us, the goose is kind of my hero. I'm thinking that perhaps we can claim him as a student to receive extra funding.
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Erin, I never comment on much of anything these days, but I had to say that this might be the funniest thing I've read in ages. Thank you for the much needed laugh. That is quite possibly the most awesome goose in the history of the world.
(By the way, this is Jayde/la_estrella from LJ. I actually follow your feed over on Ye Olde Elle Jay.)
When I was four years old a goose chased me and stole my granola bar I was eating. I haven't cared for them since :-)
But I suppose this goose was pretty funny. . . heh.
Hilarious! Someone needs to build him a campfire and give him some marshmallows if he's still there tomorrow. Maybe some bunny slippers, too.
haha, i love it! especially the part where the police show up to deal with a goose..
That's fabulous! I love days at school like that. Just a little different and entertaining. And the principal guarding the goose, priceless (and smart).
HA! This is hilarious. I love how thing like that disrupt a WHOLE DAY of teaching. There was once a rabbit outside my classroom window. You would have thought a magic candy truck giving away free candy was out there, the way the kids behaved.
I love it! I Think he's there just for you.
Steph
I enjoy your blog so much Erin! Great writing and photos of cute faces; perfect mix!
That's hilarious that so many people were wrapped up with this goose and his whereabouts! Nice way to break up the day I guess :)
Great way to entertain my lunch hour. Loved this post! If he is still there, name him Garfield. Maybe there's something under that snow he's nesting on...could it be a golden egg? I'm silly, I know.
that's great!
Isn't it funny how something can distract the kids so easily although I was thoroughly entertained by your story so I'm not surprised the goose got so much attention! I'm not a huge fan of geese so I wouldn't have been out there near him for sure!
I would have been distracted by a police/goose chase, too! Hi-LAR-ious!
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