The Guy in the Purple Shirt

The funniest thing happened on the bus today. Here's the story:

On the bus ride home today we saw a guy in a purple shirt taking the garbage can into his house. My friend sitting next to me started waving and trying to get his attention. Then my other friend sitting in front of us yelled "Everybody wave to the guy in the purple shirt." Now most of you would think that all of us on the bus would probably not do anything. You'd be wrong. All the people on the side of the bus facing the purple shirt guy not only started waving but they also started pounding on the windows. Yes, when one girl told the bus riders to do something - they did. Middle schoolers aren't known for following directions so this was interesting. It was also even more hilarious when the purple shirt guy did the you're crazy middle schoolers eyeroll/headshake/pretend to ignore us combo.

At lunch there was surprise. Remember the game that all parents and teachers used to get students to be quiet in first grade? The game was ironically named "the Quiet Game." Well my table started to have a competition of who could go without talking the longest. Does this sound familiar to you? Now this might be weird for seventh graders to do but not astounding. This isn't even the weird part, that's when they decided to have a one minute time out. Who does a timeout in the quiet game? That doesn't even make sense. The astounding part is that sometimes it takes up to ten minutes for us to quiet down so we can be excused for our 15 minutes of free-time after lunch. The kids at my table kept quiet for over ten minutes! Maybe if the assistant principle wants us to quiet down he should say "Everybody, it's time to play the quiet game."

Middle schoolers are unpredictable, but that might be the best thing about them because without it I wouldn't have all these funny and enjoyable moments to blog about.