Could it be Solar Energy?

I was having a conversation with my mom the other week about how active the boys in the classroom are and how much of a challenge it is to get them to settle down for a second. She mentioned to me that a while back she read an article about how a child's diet can affect the way he behaves. If he gets a lot of sugary and unhealthy stuff, he ends up being hyperactive and doesn't concentrate much. She suggested that changing the quality of their diet might help- if not completely solve- the problem.

Then it struck me- Ramadan was just a week away! Do you see where I'm going with this?
Forget all that food quality mumbo-jumbo, the root of the problem lies in the fact that they are getting food to begin with!!
Food = Energy (so far so good)
Energy = crazy boys dancing on the desks! (definite no-no)

Ramadan held a promise of starving children with no energy to punch, kick and dive straight into their friends everytime they are asked to "line up properly PLEASE".
But the important question remained, do fourth-graders fast Ramadan?

So this morning as I entered the classroom and said "Ramadan Kareem" to the boys, I ventured a hopeful "Anyone fasting today?". You cannot imagine my happiness as two-thirds of the boys' hands shot up in the air. This would be my month of heaven!

Two minutes. That's how long it took for my new-found dream to shatter to peices! Those boys were as rowdy as ever!
By the end of the lesson, broken-hearted, I just stared at them and said "are you SERIOUSLY fasting?". They nodded their faces in answer- for a second there, I think they might've even looked "innocent and cute". But then again, I'm fasting and hallucinating, my judgement is greatly compromised!

That settles it then. Those boys work by Solar Energy. Keeping in mind that we are in Kuwait (where the scorching hot sun is never missed) I must say that is a fine choice indeed!