The Day I decided to Hold Class Outside

Sweltering hot classroom.

Brilliant Idea: go outside.
Grass looked green and inviting.

BAD IDEA!
Grass was wet from rain less than two hours previously
Brilliant Idea: Pavilion looked like great Plan B

BAD IDEA!
Not enough seating places for entire class and they didn't want to sit down anywhere
Brilliant Idea: as soon as a student has finished giving his poem, he is free to go home, thus freeing up space for others to sit down.

BAD IDEA!
30 students started slapping their legs, arms, each other; they started moving, jumping up and down, slapping even more vigorously.

Mosquitoes had descended on us to join our class, but they did not want to give poems; they only wanted us as dinner...one girl ended up looking like she had a bad case of the measles; her entire leg was covered with red splotches!

BAD IDEA had gone from BAD to WoRSE!

Okay, I learned my lesson – no more going outside on this campus!