I don't know who is more upset

Me or my kids.

"Ms. Haley, all of your kids need their clips moved. They had a lot of trouble lining up [at the end of recess]."

"All of them?"

"Yes, all of them."

And if there is one thing I have learned, never say a promise you don't intend to keep. I stood in front of them and moved every damn clip down. Silently.

Now, it's one thing if my kids are bad and that's that. But then another teacher came and found me to tell me that they really weren't that bad (probably because my face was twitching). And now I'm mad because another adult just forced me to punish my kids, and they apparently didn't deserve it.

Thank goodness for quiet time. Hopefully when it's all over everyone will have forgotten and that will be that.