SPORTS UPDATE!

This morning, lining up to fetch the students, I noticed that all my co-workers were wearing orange. Orange sweatshirts, sweaters, t-shirts, etc. My shirt was black. I don't really believe in orange clothes. Maybe if the orange was almost red, I would consent. Anyway, I had no idea what was going on, and I didn't really want to. I hadn't had any coffee yet, after all, had been running late and had to make do with some weak tea. I wasn't in the mood for any kind of staff coordination efforts unless it would result in strong, black coffee.

The kids came in, and it seemed like the kids in orange were high-fiving the teachers in orange a lot. This kind of thing had happened before, I realized. Last Friday had been the Big Game, as they call it. Teachers had worn Their Teams' colors. I had probably worn black, which was neither team's color. It didn't even dawn on me until later in the morning, well after my students asked me, ""Michigan or State?" "Um....I went to Michigan," I said, not really knowing what they were getting at. This would be greeted with either a cheer or a boo. Then the principal played both teams' fight songs, and I realized it was the Big Game thing. "I really don't care who wins," I told my kids. In other classrooms, full out wagering and tailgating was going on. In mine, they once again got gypped of any school spirit or sport related experience. Just how I like it.

So today, I finally equated the orange with a sporting event. All casual, I asked my coworker, "So, is there a Tigers game tonight?" She looked at me like I was fully alien. "They're close to the World Series," she said.

Oh, right.

Later I heard her class singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," while mine was stringing together food chain mobiles.