A Checklist

I was cleaning out some of Danielle's school papers this morning and ran across one entitled "Science Safety Checklist". I must not have looked at it very closely when she first brought it home. (That happens frequently.) I got a laugh out of the last checklist item:

• I will think ahead.



• I will read the directions and follow them.



• I will be neat with my materials.



• I will take care of all science supplies.



• I will clean up when I am done.



• I will return all unused materials to my teacher.



• I will be careful. I will follow all of the cautions.



• I will not taste things I am using in an investigation unless my teacher tells me to.

By the time they reach 2nd grade, you kind of assume they're past that; however, I can still visualize a boy in my 6th grade class eating rolled up glue balls he saved in the corner of his desk. (He ate other disgusting things, too!) I guess the school figures they're better safe than sorry!