The "Lunch Money" Story

It was an ordinary day. I was in 5th period class with my Graphic Arts II class. This class was for students who had successfully passed Graphic Arts I. I divided the class into 3 areas: Still Photography, which they took for 1/3 of the year, Screen Printing which was 1/3 of the year and Offset printing which was the final 1/3 of the year. The class had about a dozen students in it so they really got individualized instruction. Really fun class to take and to teach. In this class was my son Tad and his classmates. He and most of the class called me dad instead of Mr. LDub. The class was getting ready for the class to end for the day. We ate lunch immediately after this class. This day as it is on many other days, as I was checking my roll book one more time, Tad appeared directly in front of me and asked if I had any money for lunch. Seems he had forgot his money again. He was standing so I could not see past him. After pulling out my wallet and giving him the necessary amount, he moved to the side. Directly behind him was Ryan G. with his hand out. "Any money for me, dad." Get out of here I said jokingly to him. As he moved there was Greg C. with yet another hand. They all tried that day. Makes you feel good, really! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.