As soon as I arrived, the lady in charge of the program announced that there would be a meeting in the gym, "Everyone to the bleachers NOW!" It took a lots more yelling on her part for all the kids to obey her and to stay on the bleachers. Once they were all gathered, she started to shout out them for their mistreatment of the air hockey table. She told them that it was a lot of money and that it should not be ruined after a few days. She repeated herself a lot hoping to get the point across. She told them not to tattle tail if they saw kids vandalizin', but to tell them not to or they would have to pay for it; and if the parents couldn't pay for it, then they couldn't come to the after school program until it was payed for. She then took the privilege of the game room away from them for a couple of days. Before she spoke, though, you could hear the kids whispering, "Mrs. _ is angry 'bout somethin'." After the speech, the kids got up and played as usual. They were disappointed that they couldn't use the game room, but didn't seem dismayed about the speech.
Later, a couple of girls were fighting over a boy they liked. After a while of their jabbering and yelling at one another, the boy came over and sat VERY close to me. "What's your name?" He asked me. The two girls giggled and were mad that he was paying attention to me and not them. So they reached over me to hold his hand. He jerked away, gave me a playful smile and started talking to them about what the big deal was... interesting day at Easely!
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