The Daley Laugh - Tales of an Elementary School Teacher #14

Hi guys! A new school year is upon us and I am back with another Daley Laugh! I'm so excited!!!!!!! Surprising as it may be, I really miss the kids I had last year.  They were an awesome bunch and most of all...I MISS PETER!!!!!!! So far, the children in my class haven't done anything that would make me want to post a Daley Laugh. I was beginning to get worried until I spotted one of my former students in the hallway today. Those of you who are familiar with the movie Friday will understand why I have renamed the boy 'Big Perm'.


Well...I'm walking up the steps with some pep and I happen to run into one of my students (who is now in the 6th grade).  I glanced at him, did a quick double take, and almost tripped up the steps.  This young man had his hair styled into something that was a cross between a doobie (roller set) and a jheri curl (Michael Jackson's 80's hairstyle).  To make matters worse...it was parted down the middle!!!!!!!!!!

What parent in their right mind would allow their 11 year old son walk around with his hair styled like that?!?!?! I mean, was he trying out for a part as Huggy Bear's extra in Starsky and Hutch?  UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!!!  The sad part is this...I think someone in his house must be going to beauty school because his mother and sisters have been experimenting on his hair since the kindergarten (I've known this child since he was in the kindergarten!)!  I'll give you the timeline of Big Perm's hairstyles.


Kindergarten - He started the school year off with a regular haircut.  It evolved into a TWA (teeny weeny afro).  Then he had corn rows (braids) w/extensions...Weave to be exact.  He finished the school year with a relaxer (kind of and Al Sharpton type of hairdo.)



1st - I believe a regular haircut. A TWA here and there and then braids (sometimes with weave).

2nd - Regular haircut. Braids at times and a TWA.

3rd - Regular haircut. Sometimes a TWA.

4th - He started with a regular haircut.  Eventually that low haircut evolved into a relaxer that was cut into a pixie cut (Halle Berry's short do...sometimes with spikes). One day, he wore an afro wig.

5th - Low haircut. A TWA. At some point, corn rows w/weave and rubber bands at the tips.

6th - Corn rows w/weave. And now the doobie/jheri curl. Which has earned him the name Big Perm.

I am sure this little boy loathes his sisters and mother for putting him through this torture.  I loathe them for him.

I am sure that after reading this, you're saying this can't be true.  I'm telling u...it is. I can't make this stuff up. And if I could post pictures, I would.  Hope you enjoyed today's Daley Laugh.  It made me chuckle in the middle of a hectic day.