Halloween parties, costumes, food...

A day that all teachers dread----Halloween parties. Wow! You just wouldn't believe the amount of candy, cookies, & cupcakes a couple of homeroom mothers can rustle up for a classroom full of kids. It's like a Willie Wonka buffett. Then, they leave school, make the rounds downtown where all the merchants pass out candy, pop, etc. THEN, they make the rounds throughout the neighborhoods to see if they can fill a ten pound sack full of candy. (Enough loot to last the average child for two years.) This year, this event all took place on a Tuesday, today, October 31, 2006. Guess what? The next three days of school will be REAL fun for teachers! HA! These kiddos will be so hyped up for the rest of the week, it won't EVEN be funny. What psycho made this "holiday" up??? And the costumes, oh my word, there must have only been five or six different costumes made this year---for girls, princess, fairy, or dead cheerleader. Whose sick idea was that? For boys, you had a choice of either "Scream", Ninja, or deer hunter. Oh, the joys of being a teacher.... And to think, parents just can't figure out why their children are suffering from childhood obesity.