Whether this practice lasted more than one year, I don't recall, but the year I was in seventh grade some brave students begin giving teachers gum showers. As the teacher entered the class room to begin the morning, students who could afford to buy gum pelted the teacher with single sticks or full packs of Wrigley's gum. If I had the money to buy gum I would have purchased six pieces of bubble gum for a nickel and would have been armed with something like a rock.
Our regular teacher was startled at the beginning but quickly treated it in good humor. The singing teacher, who visited once a week, was very angry and soon threatened the students if they persisted.
What would happen if students did something like that today? Considering that a first grader was suspended for a drawing that "looked something like a gun," I fear for the life of the student who would throw gum at a teacher today.
Our regular teacher was startled at the beginning but quickly treated it in good humor. The singing teacher, who visited once a week, was very angry and soon threatened the students if they persisted.
What would happen if students did something like that today? Considering that a first grader was suspended for a drawing that "looked something like a gun," I fear for the life of the student who would throw gum at a teacher today.
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