Giving life a chance

Snarl.
Off to work again.
Another looooong day.

Yesterday I bought a lottery ticket. My buddy asked me why, as he
knows I can do simple math. I replied: "So there's at least a one
in six million chance I'll be happy by the end of the week. That's better
odds than when I woke up".

The kiddies graduate on the 27th. The silly twits down front have us
finishing the years grading on the 16th. That's Friday, friends and neighbors.
That leaves us a week with a class full of teenage boys who understand there
is not one single consequence for their actions, short of anything that involves
calling the police. One of the silly buggers asked me yesterday if attendance will
still count towards grades after Friday. I smiled a beatific smile and answered in a
loud, clear, ringing voice:
"Why, NO my young friend! Attendance does NOT count
towards grades after Friday. You have figured it out! Let me be clear about that..
so there's no confusion... After this Friday, there is NO consequence to missing school! None at all! That means you could very easily miss the daily tests we intend to give and theres not one thing we can or will do about it! I sure hope you don't take advantage of the circumstances and fail to show up for the daily tests that mean nothing towards your grade in any case!"

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