First Grader's Opinion

My first grade teacher, Mrs. King, had the misguided notion that she would teach us about converting to the metric system. To accomplish this, she had set up a table at the front of the classroom, covered with pitchers of water and plastic glasses and containers of various shapes and sizes. Within five seconds, most of the room was ankle-deep in water and waterlogged paper towels. Twenty-five shrieking children were flinging water at each other, at me, and at her. I turned to Mrs. King, her freshly lavender hair sodden and dripping, and said, my tone also dripping with judgment, "I don't think this was a very good idea."