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If I had an extra in the little packet, I'd use scotch tape from my desk drawer (it's right beside the dirty rubber bands) and tape that little packet closed but leave enough air for the perfect amount of healing staleness for that lone little cracker.

Seriously, spit out my tea reading this! I love it that healing staleness! If you're faking it, no way you're trying to power through those hard as* saltines(at least the little ones won't, they can't hide their distaste)

My favorite School Nurse Supply INC. item is giant bag of lifesavers mints! No more weekly trips to the dollar store. And all the free goodies they send you orders. Yes, please send me a tooth brush holding dragon, I NEED that!!!:yes:

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Oh, I would never stock Lifesavers in the clinic. That's straight-up candy around here.

I once had candy in my top drawer and word spread like wildfire that there was candy in the clinic. Kids were faking sick and coming to the clinic in droves. I stopped the candy instantly and for weeks kids were still coming and whispering, "do you have any candy??"

I only have disgusting menthol generic halls cough drops that they know of. There are Luden's secretly stashed for my littles. I also have Kid's Pepto Bismol (bubble gum flavor) and those have to be hidden because the big kids will fake stomach aches just to get them. You'd think there were some hard core no candy rules in the middle school if they're jonesing for Pepto but my 6th grader takes whatever hard candy she likes to school. She says kids are just too lazy to remember to bring it and then want to bum it off kids like her that remember to have it in their bag. They crack me up.

Speaking of the candy gossip spreading last year, I also heard a rumor that before I became a nurse I was a cosmetologist. This one started because last year I would sometimes braid hair for the middle school girls before class started. Occasionally a brave lower school kid will confront me with that juicy piece of gossip and ask me if it's true. I tell them no, I was an astronaut before I was a nurse.

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Occasionally a brave lower school kid will confront me with that juicy piece of gossip and ask me if it's true. I tell them no, I was an astronaut before I was a nurse.

Ah a great profession , especially notable today in homage to Christa McCauliffe,the first teacher who was supposed to go to space and sadly died in the Challenger explosion 30 years ago today.

Luckily, my littles are TERRIBLE at faking sick! We are not allowed to give cough drops, so mints take their place. I have 2 that I will give a mint to once per week, if they don't come in here faking sick trying to get one, they must use their manners and be polite. It worked way better than expected! For sore throats, I always have them gargle with salt water, if you're not willing to try that, you're not really sick!

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