Jelly Beans Up Your Nose

Johnny stuck jellybeans up his nose

That's a pretty dumb thing to do.

But the other kids said, "Hey, John's real cool.

Let's put beans up our noses, too!"

Well, a kid can't breathe with beans up his nose

'Cause they get all stuck inside.

So John and the kids, well, I hate to say it,

But they coughed and they choked and they died.

That's a pretty grim tale, I must admit,

And it may not all be true,

Still when somebody cool does something dumb

You don't have to do it, too.

So don't be one of those

With jellybeans up your nose.

(I don't know where this came from, but Karmel's kid had it in her homework packet.)

I read this to my students today. They really understood not to copy the dumb things that cool kids do.

D "Like, if I started beating up C and all of you joined me."
Mrs. Hirz "Yeah, because you are so cool we would totally want to be just like you and do everything you are doing. We would so want to beat up C if you were."
C "Hey, why are you all beating me up? That would be a chart drop for everyone."

It was awesome.