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For my comma, I had to stop and think about the "Before and Laughter" Chapter. Some of the before scenarios hit pretty close to home. I think I may be a little bit of the before stories. It was helpful to read both sides to the before and laughter stories. I would much rather be on the laughter side of those stories. For some of them I was closer to the laughter side but some of them I actually had handled more on the negative side. Like the note passing incident. Such a little thing...and I could have handled it in a much more positive way. I liked the way the teacher handled it in the text. Now in the, "Swim and Sink!" story, I would never do that type of degrading to a child.

For my question, I would say that I pondered on chapter 38, "Through the Laughing Glass". I asked myself; "Am I the type of teacher that would stiffle a child's love for exploring, playing, adventuring, and other cool stuff. I don't want to be that way. I enjoyed reading this part, it being from the perspective of a child. I will be teaching 1st grade this fall and I want the children to be adventureous in their learning. I want to be adventureous in my teaching!

My exclamation was in Chapter 13, "Creating a Laughing Classroom". THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO!!! Needing to remember that having order in the classroom doesn't mean that chaos can't happen in learning! I really liked what Horace says, "Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter." That is so true in my daily life, I can see why it would be important in the classroom. I loved reading the benefits for my class as well as myself in having laughter and play as part of my day!