Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star...

How I wonder what you are?I know what you are! You are a disgrace to your team and very offensive!
Is that not how the rhyme goes? Oh no that's reality. Shall I explain further?

In class yesterday my class and I read "Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathmann. It is a story of an officer that goes to a school to give them safety lessons. His lessons are not very responsive and leave the kids in a comatose state. The officer receives a canine partner named Gloria. Gloria attends the safety lessons with the officer and before you know it the kids are into the lessons and send the officer off in applause. The officer thinks that his lessons are finally getting the appreciation they deserve. Unbeknownced to him, however, Gloria is behind the officer entertaining the crowd. The officer finally figures out what is going on and gets his feeling hurt. The officer receives a star shaped letter from a student asking him to come back and telling him of a time when she used a safety lesson she learned from him. This letter rejuvenates the officer and he returns to teaching lessons.
After reading the story and discussing some character traits I handed out star shaped paper. I told them to write down a good safety tip that they think is important. A few minutes later the kids ask if they can share their safety tips with the school. My heart swelled with pride. I said of course they could. I set my little minions free to distribute their safety tips among the school. They came back and we talked a little bit more about the importance of public safety and then transitioned to our writing block.
The day has ended and as a few kids leave they tell me about where they put their star and why. I was so happy my kids were excited about helping others be safe. It is about 5 minutes after the kids left and my team's lead teacher approaches me. She advises me that I should take down the stars my place just distributed earlier in the day. I politely asked why and this is what she said, "I had 2 people approach me and they said that the stars offended them and the kid's grammar and spelling reflected poorly on the 3rd grade team". I said that I understood and grabbed a few of my kids from YMCA and had them round up the stars. I was feeling a little uneasy since I didn't really read all the stars. My mind was racing at the possibilities of what they could have said.
I would now like to share the safety tips my kids came up with. I have 22 students so that is 22 safety tips. I will write them exactly as my kids did.

Safety Tip #1: Don't touch electricity posts!
Safety Tip #2: Never jrink and grive.
Safety Tip #3: No pushing.
Safety Tip #4: Never pass a red light!
Safety Tip #5: Always look both ways before crossing a street.
Safety Tip #6: Never stand on a char.
Safety Tip #7: Always touch animals only if your parents say.
Safety Tip #8: Never stand on a swevel chair.
Safety Tip #9: Never lift up a chair.
Safety Tip #10: Never leve a thumb take were you might step on it.
Safety Tip #11: Always label everything because if you trip on a pencil, you know who it belongs to.
Safety Tip #12: Pay atenchen to your teacher because if they have a ruler they will hit you.
Safety Tip #13: Never lean back in a chair.
Safety Tip #14: Always push in you chair so nobody slips and falls.
Safety Tip #15: Never put a plastic chair because you will sufacet.
Safety Tip #16: Never jump of a sky scraper without a crash helmet.
Safety Tip #17: Always wear a helmet when biking or skating.
Safety Tip #18: Don't bend back in you chair.
Safety Tip #19: Never run with scissors in your HAND!
Safety Tip #20:
Safety Tip #21: Never put a plastic bag over your head.
Safety Tip #22: Always have ear muffs on while shooting a big gun so you wont be def.

After reading the stars I was shocked. Are you kidding me? You made me take these down? I was livid. I admit that 1 star was ridiculous. I will post the mass email I sent out to my school in response to this. If you notice there was 1 star we could not find. I hope it doesn't get found. It is my act of defiance against the ignorant people who made me take them down.
Viva la un estrella!