The haves and the have nots

Whenever we have a dance festival at school it effectively separates the teachers into two categories.  Those that can and those that can't.

A fresh faced young teacher sent a video of herself dancing the faculty dance routine so we could "learn it." 

Ha.

I watched it and my overwhelming response was nope.

They have had practices after school for the dancers and they are talking about what costumes they are putting together and I'm just trying to survive each day.

Yesterday we had a drummer practice (for the non dancers).  We lined up in the gym with drum sticks and drums (which were actually those big exercise balls set in baskets).  We followed Tiffany (one of the dancers) who had a choreographed drum routine and we tried our best and laughed a lot.  We have to traverse between drums and go to the right and drum our neighbor's drum and then go to the left and drum that neighbor's drum.  She said, "Do you think we can spread out?"

Michelle, the bubbly and always optimistic school counselor flatly said, "No."

We all agreed. No. No. No.  We like the drums close!

Another teacher asked where we were in relation to the dancers.

Tiffany said, "Behind them."

OK.  We all exchanged looks of relief.

Maren was next to me and she was mumbling about costumes because what?!?

Then someone mentioned decorating our drumsticks.  Maybe streamers?  We all liked that idea.

Maybe we are not all so very different after all.