Maybe No One Likes You!

Valentine's Day is upon us and Cupid's arrow has pierced the hearts of some of the little angels in my class.  It was quite amusing to see the effects of Cupid's arrown.  They were all in a tizzy and couldn't contain themselves.  I, on the other hand wanted to send them home to their mommies.  They were getting on my nerves.  The children took advantage of our school's fundraiser and decided to send "Candy Grams" to their loved ones.  Georgie (you remember him...his mom came to my classroom and laid the smackdown on him), who loves everyone, decided to send "Candy Grams" to some select friends.  A few others sent some to their parents and I even got one. 

At the end of the day, the "Candy Grams" were delivered and the children were just bubbling over with excitement when they received their love notes.  Amidst all this excitement, Mademoiselle Sherry is sobbing.  In between her sobbing, she tells everyone that she has no friends and that everyone hates her.  At this point, the little man in my class, Walter (all the children admire him because he's so smart) asks Mademoiselle Sherry why she feels this way.  Sherry proceeds to tell Walter that she thinks she has no friends because she didn't get a "Candy Gram".  Walter listens intently, pauses for a moment and says, "Well, maybe that's because no one likes you.  You're not very nice, you know."  I love when the children actually express what I'm thinking.  I should have given Walter an A+ for the right answer!
Now normally, I would feel bad and console the child.  However, in this situation, I had to mentally prepare myself to meet with Mademoiselle Sherry.  Sherry is a tough one to deal with.  Walter is right, she's not very nice and drama follows her everywhere.  Ultimately, she is a true pain in the gluteous maximus!  Eventually, I worked up the courage to pull her into my office (the hallway) and we talked about what was making her upset.  She cried about not having any friends and I (very diplomatically) told her that maybe she should take a moment to think about how she treats the other kids in class.  I really wanted to tell her to stop acting like a spoiled brat and then tease her with my "Candy Gram".  Is that mean?  Yes????  Oh well!  Sucks to be her!

Now I know I sound evil and you're probably wondering how I could possibly be so cold-hearted, but if you met Mademoiselle Sherry, you would understand.