The lifespan of things in a Kindergarten classroom

Freshly sharpened pencils: 20 minutes (then they become chewed on, broken in half, or shoved through the holes in the shelving units)

Glue sticks: 1 hour

8 oz bottle of hand sanitizer in the midst of the swine flu scare: 3 days

markers: 1 week (until entire package has dried up because the kids leave the caps off)

Dry erase markers: 2 weeks

Teacher: ??? I'm still alive, but just barely

my patience: 10 minutes (until I get tired of hearing "teacher! teacher! teacher!)

$15 date stamper: 8 months (one of them broke this a few weeks ago). Little monsters...

wooden dollhouse: 4 months

wooden rocking chair: 5 months

wooden barn: 2 days... Read More

wooden dry erase board: 8 months

seating chart: 2 weeks

my passion for teaching: 3 months

my sanity: 9 months