The Funny, The Touching, and The plain Scary

The Funny:
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*caught sneaking into the school with a heavy looking plastic bag*

She (suspiciously): Mariam, where have you been?
Me (eyes widen innocently): Um, out.
She: What's in this bag?
Me: Um, stuff.
She: Have you been scouring the deserted grounds behind the school for rocks again?
Me (most unconvincingly): WHAT? noooooo.
She: *eyeing me knowingly*
Me: Alright alright. I needed rocks. It's a tough job being a science teacher!!

The Touching:
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It was just shy of 7 am. when I turned my classroom lights on and unloaded the bags full of stuff off my shoulder and onto my classroom desks. What a relief. I tilted my head from side to side in an attempt to relieve my tensed neck, turned on the PC and rummaged my desk for my mug and spoon.
The classroom door opened and in came Abdulaziz. Without a word, he walked in my direction, his hand seemed to fiddle in his pocket for a second then with a huge proud smile he extended his open palm to me.
It was a bunch of rocks. Yep, ordinary rocks. Rocks he must've picked up from his garage just before getting into the car this morning.

I grinned.
"wowwwwwwwww, thank you so much! They look so cool. Maybe you can show them to the class today!"
My excitement was genuine. I was so touched by the fact that he remembered that we're studying about rocks and got me some. Who would've thought I'd be that excited on receiving, well, rocks.
And the fact that it came from one of the CRAZY (and I mean CRAZY) kids in class made it all the more special.
Thank you Abdulaziz!

The Scary:
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*During my duty in recess*

Me: OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?????? (upon seeing them lunge and slide so fast aiming at each other's legs, and knocking each other off their feet so swiftly and- from the look of it- oh so painfully.)
Ahmed: It's a game miss!
Me: BUT IT'S SO DANGEROUS.
Ahmed (face twisted into a unmistakable "DUH" expression) : It's supposed to be. It's called "risk", you know.
Me: Oh that makes me feel so much better.
Ahmed: *grins and continues with the lunging"
Me: HEY COME BACK.

Fat chance.