This re-posted article is from one of my favorite bloggers - Teacher Tom. I am posting just a portion of the article. Please click HERE to read it in it's entirety.
... Today one of our friends arrived in class feeling surly. Her mom only had guesses about why she was out of sorts; just one of those days. I tried, but she either didn't want to or couldn't talk about it. I know the feeling: sometimes it just fills you up and the best course of action is for those around you to make themselves scarce. There was a lot of crabbing and on-the-edge of melt-down discontent until these big stampers came out.
