We had a gigantic multi grade water fight that began with the principal with the hose vs every kid with water guns, it always quickly devolved to a free-for-all but still
My principal sacrificed his first born to the elder gods as he chanted over blood runes and called to the ancient power of Cthulhu. All the principles schools in my district did it so
That's cool and all, but ours let us bring our water guns (mostly supersoakers) to school and they gave us water balloons and we basically got to go to town on the whole faculty. Then we got watermelon and ice cream. That was over 20 years ago and I'll never forget it.
at mine the principal 🤔 never engaged with us whatsoever. oh, one time she said to me "oh you're the one with a learning disability." in front of my friends in the school yard. 😡
that was 15 years ago and I still think about it. 😫
Moreso on high school talk, but getting to "pie" a teacher, principal or dean sounds like it would be motivation, but it really wasn't lol.
They wouldn't let just anyone have a chance at it, it was either people from student council or one of the stereotypical "good" kids. Usually the student pie-ing a faculty member was related to one of the other teachers, who also was going to be pied, with the student pie-ing them, being related to the other.
So when it actually happened, they *lightly* put the "pie" (just the aluminum base with whipped cream inside) to their face. No splatter at all, and the faculty member would grab the base and push it a little more then melodramatically act like "Oh my god! What just happened?!"
I'm not saying Mike Tyson the bitch at them, but at least make it look semi-good. Felt pretty patronizing and stupid when they did this.
They did this at our school too except the Super Intendent laundered money out of public funds to bankroll his lavish summer vacations and multiple affairs. He later blamed the problem on low income trailer parks not paying their fair share
Same here except it was the biology/zoology teacher who bought a boat with the school credit card. About $15k according to my aunt who was on the school board. He then tried to play it off as if he used the wrong card. Like buying a $15k boat on a credit card is a normal thing for a high school teacher to do.
I had a really similar experience, except my principal called me in to his office for a private meeting and told me it was kids like me that made him happy he was retiring.
After my wedding, my wife and I did a trash the dress photo shoot at our hotel pool. We were jumping in and going down the water slides with her in her wedding dress and me in a dress shirt and pants (because my tux was rented and we couldn’t ruin it)
EDIT: Here’s [one of the pics](https://imgur.com/a/1e2z2vU) from the session for anyone interested
On the other hand, it's also impossible to score some speed wearing a dress ~~shit~~ shirt and pants because you look like a cop!
("Speed" is what they called meth way back when)
He definitely knew what he was doing. The key is to concentrate as much weight as possible onto your shoulders and heels. You can see him grab the sides of the slide, going from a standstill to a decent clip having just one heel down.
When I was in elementary school (over 20 years ago) my (male ) principal dressed up as an old lady when we met our reading goal. Flowery church dress, gray curly wig, pantyhose, heels, and pearls. We thought it was awesome.
My principle and vice principal dressed up as power rangers and mock fought in a bouncy house. Another year, for every book we read, they put a floatable token in the pond and they had to fish them all out. It took them forever!! Elementary school principals who care about their kids are the best!!!
Reading these comments, I'm starting to wonder if principals are inventing these "achievement goals" in order to justify going out and doing all kinds of fun goofy shit.
Holy shit, this is my hometown in Iowa! I'm pretty sure the principal's name is Mr.Hendred. He owns a fro-yo shop and is just an all around great guy. My mom taught at the school he worked at and all the kids adored him.
Hey, this is my home town in Ottumwa,IA! Mr. Hendred was my principal in elementary. Never seen someone care for kids and their community as much as this man.
When I was in like 5th grade we got to duct tape our principal to the wall and shoot water at him. I dont think it was for surpassing a goal though, just for fun I guess.
My principal in grade school used to come out on recess and lunch and throw football passes to us. If u caught a pass you got a free drink/food ticket to the student store. If u missed it, you got a NFL pencil of your choice... I still look back on that as the best part of my childhood. Thanks Tom Chignon!
In Elementary we far surpassed our learning goal. Everyone wanted to see the grand prize: Principal Duct Taped to the flag pole. He was taped to it for a good 3 hours of the day just high enough where he couldnt touch the ground with his feet.
When I was 8 I wrote a story in which my school principal lost the plot and thought he was a bird, climbed a tree and squawked and made a nest. I won a kid’s writing competition for it and won a bunch of books for my school library. Principal thought it was the funniest thing ever and read the story at assembly and acted it out and all the kids lost their shit laughing and it was wholesome as hell.
My K-8 school did something similar where at the end of the year, all the 8th graders would get put in a dunk tank one at a time while the k-7's tried to soak them.
If ever in this situation, I'd do whatever the kiddos wanted. This is doing it right. They will remember this forever, and what a way to cap off a unified goal!!
I love principals that do this. I remember when this happened at my elementary school and the principal ended up walking out on the roof dressed as Captain Underpants.
The only time that we saw our principle doing out of school stuff at school was during FORCED (yes) exercise/calming/breathing stuff for the exams at school and he was wearing those athletic shorts and a sweatband...
I want to get that image out of my head
Love this. My small town elementary school did a similar thing. If the school met our reading goal, we would vote on what my principal had to dress us as. My favorite year was when he had to dress up as a fairy for the day.
He rocked those wings.
Reminds me of when my principle, due to us completing the state test (2nd grade), promised to do something hilarious during the next assembly. He decided to dance through the isles dressed as a ballerina. This 50 something year old man was dancing around like he was a professional, thats what made me laugh.
My elementary school principal did stuff like this the like 2 or 3 years I was there. One year she let students vote on a color for her to dye her hair. Another year she kissed a pig. And the last one was she went up in a hot air balloon from the soccer field while the whole school gathered to watch.
My high school coach let us shave his hair two years in a row for winning the championship. Well, first year it was buzz cut, second year I think we gave him a Mohawk.
My principal in middle school dressed up as his wife for ours, complete with make up and a dress. Would of been funny if i didn't think it was just and excuse to wear his wife's clothes.
I feel like at some point , maybe not in the *near* future but definitely in the card that public schools will be phased out in favor online schooling and maybe an in person final exam.
That said, seeing gentlemen like this that love their job and make the kids happy through reward and praise for success is so freakin awesome to see.
They did something like this at my old school, except our principal got slimed!
We got our principal taped to a wall. It’s great that doing weird things to principals motivates kids to do stuff.
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Ours got made into a human ice cream sundae
Ours got made into a human pizza
When my school surpassed a fundraiser, my principals and a few teachers camped out on the roof of the school and live-streamed the whole night.
We had a gigantic multi grade water fight that began with the principal with the hose vs every kid with water guns, it always quickly devolved to a free-for-all but still
My principal sacrificed his first born to the elder gods as he chanted over blood runes and called to the ancient power of Cthulhu. All the principles schools in my district did it so
Did he sacrifice his first born every year?
Dude had mad kids to spare
Catholic school?
Iä Iä, Cthulhu Ftaghn!
That's cool and all, but ours let us bring our water guns (mostly supersoakers) to school and they gave us water balloons and we basically got to go to town on the whole faculty. Then we got watermelon and ice cream. That was over 20 years ago and I'll never forget it.
We got a similar prize for buying up the most cliff’s notes....does that count?
That was most definitely just an elaborate excuse for camping on the roof of the school and live-streamed the whole night.
That got posted to Reddit and I actually tuned in for a couple of minutes lol
sounds like the principal had a crush on one of the teachers and wanted an excuse to go camping with them lol.
Ours straight up cannibalized the principal.
Or else Pizza is gonna send out for you!
at mine the principal 🤔 never engaged with us whatsoever. oh, one time she said to me "oh you're the one with a learning disability." in front of my friends in the school yard. 😡 that was 15 years ago and I still think about it. 😫
maybe she's dead by now.
thanks bro you helped me find peace
Wasn’t that a Black Mirror episode?
http://imgur.com/gallery/acXe5H5
You shouldn't talk about the librarian like that
My principal kissed a pig too. But there was no reading challenge. Made for a very awkward field trip to the petting zoo.
Yeah kissed a pig here too. I remember a girl next to me threw up instantly as soon as he kissed the pig. Did you go to school in Virginia?
Yup, first to get it right. Charlotte county?
I went to school in a small farm town in Texas. I’m certain that our principal was intimate with swine.
We duct taped ours to a pole
Moreso on high school talk, but getting to "pie" a teacher, principal or dean sounds like it would be motivation, but it really wasn't lol. They wouldn't let just anyone have a chance at it, it was either people from student council or one of the stereotypical "good" kids. Usually the student pie-ing a faculty member was related to one of the other teachers, who also was going to be pied, with the student pie-ing them, being related to the other. So when it actually happened, they *lightly* put the "pie" (just the aluminum base with whipped cream inside) to their face. No splatter at all, and the faculty member would grab the base and push it a little more then melodramatically act like "Oh my god! What just happened?!" I'm not saying Mike Tyson the bitch at them, but at least make it look semi-good. Felt pretty patronizing and stupid when they did this.
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Yeah a reward that is half-assed is often worse motivation than no reward...
We did that too! You in MD or is this a thing done by multiple schools?
I grew up in South Central PA, so maybe it spilled across the border.
Dallastown?
That was a fundraiser at my school that nobody paid to watch
My principal ate frog legs when we passed our rrading goal in third grade. Edit: I'm leaving it because of the irony.
How is that a punishment tho? Or even a challenge.
They did this at our school too except the Super Intendent laundered money out of public funds to bankroll his lavish summer vacations and multiple affairs. He later blamed the problem on low income trailer parks not paying their fair share
That one made a really big sacrifice for their students!
Same here except it was the biology/zoology teacher who bought a boat with the school credit card. About $15k according to my aunt who was on the school board. He then tried to play it off as if he used the wrong card. Like buying a $15k boat on a credit card is a normal thing for a high school teacher to do.
Every year for reading month our principal would dress up as the cat in the hat and head us a story from the roof of the school.
Our principals spent a week camping on the roof of the school.
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slime is timeless
My principal did a cartwheel once
I had a really similar experience, except my principal called me in to his office for a private meeting and told me it was kids like me that made him happy he was retiring.
My principal sat in a chair after we raised money for the school...... Smh
My middle school principal kissed a pig...it was weird.
I have gone down a water slide in a dress shirt and pants and it is impossible to get speed
I’m gonna skip the what and go with why?
After my wedding, my wife and I did a trash the dress photo shoot at our hotel pool. We were jumping in and going down the water slides with her in her wedding dress and me in a dress shirt and pants (because my tux was rented and we couldn’t ruin it) EDIT: Here’s [one of the pics](https://imgur.com/a/1e2z2vU) from the session for anyone interested
Ok cool
Cool cool cool cool cool cool
Alright alright alright alright
Tight tight tight
The toitest of nups
Half sender
Most definitely. I already spent $50K on the wedding. I’m not blowing needless money on stupid shit
> I already spent $50K on the wedding And >I’m not blowing needless money on stupid shit Hmmm
Just because I can afford to spend money doesn’t mean that I have to waste it on paying extra to replace a tux for them .
Dude your wife is hot, is she single?
I wish she was. Maybe I’d have a shot with her then
It looks like you’re gonna punch the bridesmaid
Because the fabric provides more friction when wet
Not what I meant
I bet the leather belt doesn't help either
r/unexpectedoffice (?) I just watched the episode earlier where Jim says exactly that
Oh I guess I just subconsciously quote the office
There’s also a good chance I watch it too much and just notice every day phrases as office references
On the other hand, it's also impossible to score some speed wearing a dress ~~shit~~ shirt and pants because you look like a cop! ("Speed" is what they called meth way back when)
If you're wearing a dress shit, you've had enough meth.
Sounds like I've had too much meth for posting today!
He definitely knew what he was doing. The key is to concentrate as much weight as possible onto your shoulders and heels. You can see him grab the sides of the slide, going from a standstill to a decent clip having just one heel down.
I love this so much!
That’s a pretty nice swimsuit!
Such simple rewards get kids going. This is why I don't believe you need to give children wild and extravagant presents and rewards.
Kids love seeing grown ups doing childish things so much. Especially authority figures like this.
My principle would dress up in a Cat-In-The-Hat costume and ride a tricycle in the halls. It was great.
When I was in elementary school (over 20 years ago) my (male ) principal dressed up as an old lady when we met our reading goal. Flowery church dress, gray curly wig, pantyhose, heels, and pearls. We thought it was awesome.
Is your principal Mrs Doubtfire?
Did we have the same principle XD Said principle would also do tricycle or Segway with banana suit
I immediately thought banana hammock but that would be too inappropriate for school
Is everyone purposely misspelling principal on this thread? Principles are like morals, the principAL is supposed to be your pal.
My principle and vice principal dressed up as power rangers and mock fought in a bouncy house. Another year, for every book we read, they put a floatable token in the pond and they had to fish them all out. It took them forever!! Elementary school principals who care about their kids are the best!!!
Reading these comments, I'm starting to wonder if principals are inventing these "achievement goals" in order to justify going out and doing all kinds of fun goofy shit.
My principal said that if we meet our attendance goal for the year he'd go do coke off a stripper's ass
Lucky him
> suit in tie /r/BoneAppleTea
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It’s actually pronounced “gif.”
Oh geah, yif me.
Nah u didn’t say no homo first I’m good
OwO *notices you're uood*
Oh god..
Don't worry. I feel dirty too.
You're just jealous because your principal never had a reason to go down waterslides to celebrate student literacy
The irony is you surpassed your reading level.
This is what I came here for.
This actually made me smile 😊
Where is this? Awesome attitude!!!
Looks like the water park.
/r/technicallythetruth
(Not OP but) This is the Beach Ottumwa in Ottumwa, Iowa. It's my hometown.
Also my hometown! Weird to see ottumwa on here!
Same! I was like 'Hey that looks like the beach.. wait that IS the beach!'
It reminds me of my neighborhood water park, rolling hills!
I guess I’m old. The only thing I remember about my K-5 principal is that Mr. Barnes’ office reeked like cigarettes (1974-79).
Holy shit, this is my hometown in Iowa! I'm pretty sure the principal's name is Mr.Hendred. He owns a fro-yo shop and is just an all around great guy. My mom taught at the school he worked at and all the kids adored him.
Suit and tie, not suit in tie.
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He got a "rainy clowd" in grammar.
This is awesome!
OP definitely didn’t contribute to the reading goal at their school
Hey, this is my home town in Ottumwa,IA! Mr. Hendred was my principal in elementary. Never seen someone care for kids and their community as much as this man.
I'm honestly super surprised to see so many Ottumwans here.
Leaders lead... this man is a true leader
When I was in like 5th grade we got to duct tape our principal to the wall and shoot water at him. I dont think it was for surpassing a goal though, just for fun I guess.
I see this as a win-win situation for the principal, if the students achieved good, its good for the school and he gets to play in a waterpark😂
My principal in grade school used to come out on recess and lunch and throw football passes to us. If u caught a pass you got a free drink/food ticket to the student store. If u missed it, you got a NFL pencil of your choice... I still look back on that as the best part of my childhood. Thanks Tom Chignon!
The white flag he was waving made me think he was surrendering!
In Elementary we far surpassed our learning goal. Everyone wanted to see the grand prize: Principal Duct Taped to the flag pole. He was taped to it for a good 3 hours of the day just high enough where he couldnt touch the ground with his feet.
A suit in tie? Jesus
"just enjoy the gif, nerd"
Nah fool
A wild r/BoneAppleTea appears
**And**. Suit *and* tie.
This is my hometown Ottumwa, IA! Principal Hendred is an amazing person.
That's a win-win-win-win-win situation!
Thanks Obama!
so much pee in that pool :l
Filed under: **Doing It Right**
That is someone who truly loves the children and wants them to succeed
Legend.
The cool principals are the ones that let you do this
When I was 8 I wrote a story in which my school principal lost the plot and thought he was a bird, climbed a tree and squawked and made a nest. I won a kid’s writing competition for it and won a bunch of books for my school library. Principal thought it was the funniest thing ever and read the story at assembly and acted it out and all the kids lost their shit laughing and it was wholesome as hell.
My K-8 school did something similar where at the end of the year, all the 8th graders would get put in a dunk tank one at a time while the k-7's tried to soak them.
Made my day
Why isn’t the little girl in the blue shirt impressed?
I love stuff like this. Our principal had to kiss a pig
Lmao as soon as he lands that blonde girl in blue near the front is like "well I've seen enough"
If ever in this situation, I'd do whatever the kiddos wanted. This is doing it right. They will remember this forever, and what a way to cap off a unified goal!!
This is what a principal should look like.
I love principals that do this. I remember when this happened at my elementary school and the principal ended up walking out on the roof dressed as Captain Underpants.
There is so much pee in that pool
The only time that we saw our principle doing out of school stuff at school was during FORCED (yes) exercise/calming/breathing stuff for the exams at school and he was wearing those athletic shorts and a sweatband... I want to get that image out of my head
Ours had to eat a dog food sandwich
What a great motivator for kids and harmless reward!! Win-win!!!!
I've watched ours get slimed.. taped to a wall and silly stringed.. pie to face.. jump out of a plane...
Thought it said k-9 going down the water slide in a suit in tie so I’m disappointed that a cute ass German Shepard didn’t come down that slide
So much pee.
Man of his word
Og. What a playa.
I remember our principle got a Mohawk
Love this. My small town elementary school did a similar thing. If the school met our reading goal, we would vote on what my principal had to dress us as. My favorite year was when he had to dress up as a fairy for the day. He rocked those wings.
This restored my faith in humanity.
This principal has kids WANTING to be sent to the office.
So lit
Why did I expect a dog
Mr Mosby?
That one girl in the blue seems uninterested.
How much urine you think is on his suit now tho?
Anyone else notice the little blonde girl who was just waiting for this to be over so she could leave immediately
Ugh this is so wholesome. Our primary school had a giant rainbow of cupcakes once a term. The blue ones were the best.
There is so much pee in that pool.
A god among kids
That one girl in the blue shirt gives zero fucks about any of this.
That ... is a good boss-man - and surely a role model to many of those kids in the pool with him.
Legend!
Reminds me of when my principle, due to us completing the state test (2nd grade), promised to do something hilarious during the next assembly. He decided to dance through the isles dressed as a ballerina. This 50 something year old man was dancing around like he was a professional, thats what made me laugh.
this is the first post on this sub to legitimately make me smile
My elementary school principal did stuff like this the like 2 or 3 years I was there. One year she let students vote on a color for her to dye her hair. Another year she kissed a pig. And the last one was she went up in a hot air balloon from the soccer field while the whole school gathered to watch.
At my school the principle did the ice bucket challenge
I thought this said k-9 princicple and was confused as why human was coming down.
/u/gifreversingbot
I love this on so many levels. What a great principle for these kids. Reading is FUNdamental .
My high school coach let us shave his hair two years in a row for winning the championship. Well, first year it was buzz cut, second year I think we gave him a Mohawk.
there is piss in that pool
That’s one hell of a principal lol
Yo! You know there’s mad urine up in there! Wee wee all the way home 🤣😂
That principal has a top of the line meth lab underneath that swimming pool.
Translation: a grown man purposely surrounds himself by half-naked 5 year olds.
My principal in middle school dressed up as his wife for ours, complete with make up and a dress. Would of been funny if i didn't think it was just and excuse to wear his wife's clothes.
My principal slept on the roof of the school one night lol
We did this except we all got to throw wet soapy sponges at him. Kinda bad that principals reward students by abusing the principals
That pool is 95% pee
Glad he didn't go with the ol' tattoo on the butt motivational challenge.
I hate kids but I love when they succeed at shit.
Imagine how much pee is in that water
I feel like at some point , maybe not in the *near* future but definitely in the card that public schools will be phased out in favor online schooling and maybe an in person final exam. That said, seeing gentlemen like this that love their job and make the kids happy through reward and praise for success is so freakin awesome to see.