Jolly Rancher Conspiracy

Hilarious! Today, I gave a Jolly Rancher to a student who did a random act of kindness to me. I had put a word document on the "overhead", but forgot to "freeze" it. So when I opened my email, the entire class could see it. The student politely said, "Hey, Ms. Beck. Your Outlook is on the board. You might want to 'freeze' the word document so we don't see your message." I was so grateful (and embarassed) I immediately said, "Oh!" minimized the screen so it returned and reached to give her a Jolly Rancher as a reward for being so kind.

However, when the class saw me give the kid the Jolly Rancher, suddenly manipulative, hilarious "random acts of kindness" ensued. The first act was so funny, I gave another candy. A child said, "Oh, look, Katie. You forgot your Jolly Rancher. Here, let me bring it over to you."

Then, the next student said, "Oh, Taylor, don't hurt yourself. Here, let me help." The following, "Sydney, you forgot your phone. Let me give it back to you." "May I help you with your letter?" "Let me draw a flower for you." "Watch out. You don't want to hurt yourself."

Of course, by this time, I couldn't stop laughing. But, I didn't parcel out any more Jolly Ranchers. The idea is that RANDOM acts of GENUINE kindness receive reward. Not ridiculous, manipulative, empty gestures to be noticed.

Regardless, it ended the classbell on a pretty funny note.