100th Day of School

The 100th day of school. I really would not have thought to mark such an event, but apparently it is a big deal to some teachers. One of the little people came home with this assignment on a Friday: create a collection of 100 things and bring it to school on the following Monday.

My idea was for our whole family to chew various colors of gum all weekend long and then arrange the pieces of chewed gum in the shape of a big 100. On an artfully painted canvas, of course. And I would spray it with some sort of glossy stuff to keep all the germs from escaping.

This idea was scoffed at by my sister (who, being a 2nd grade teacher, is somewhat of an authority on the 100th day of school projects. And already-chewed gum). She ran it by her other 2nd grade teacher friends and they all agreed that, if a student of theirs came to school with such a project, they would make fun of the parent behind her back.

I really liked this chewed gum idea. Yes, it was a bit unorthodox, but it's not like it was a collection of 100 Heineken bottle caps. Right? Anyhow, the little critter and I came up with this idea instead. 100 sums of 100. Very nerdy. It simply does not have the street cred that already-chewed gum would have. Or Heineken bottle caps.