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How I Mastered the Eye Roll

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In fourth grade were you spent recess was a big deal.  The cool kids spent it on the top of the hill playing their Gameboy Color’s comparing who was further in the Legend of Zelda game.  The kids on the travel middle school soccer team had races for who could complete the six laps around the soccer field that constituated a mile faster.  The earthy-crunchy hippie girls spent time braiding each others hair.  I was not in any of these groups.

I was in the group of girly girls who sat behind the stone wall and tried to do two coats of sparkly polish in the 20-minute time frame and write down our dreams and goals in our Lisa Frank journals.  For some reason one day this was not allowed any more. The teachers decided it was mandatory for us to “play” cough cough exercise at recess.

Teacher:  Kelly, why are you not playing? 

Kelly:  I do not want to. 

Teacher: Kelly it is important that you get your daily exercise. 

Kelly: I am doing that at 4:30. I have swim practice. 

Teacher:  Swimming does not count as exercise.  Running does.

Kelly: {see below}  

 Teacher:  Don’t roll your eyes at me.

 Kelly: I am sorry, I didn’t mean to. 

Teacher:  That does not matter. You are in TIME OUT. 

Yes, we did have time out in 4th grade.  Special, I know. I had to sit by the door to the school for the rest of receess.  All eight minutes of it.  Perfect, the ideal way to get out of running around the field or using the jungle gym.

During the rest of fourth grade I perfected the eye roll.

I have to be careful in the real world that I do not let this bad boy out too often – the consequences might be much worse than an eight minute time-out.  Secretly though, I am channeling some other ladies who have perfected the gesture:

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Let the eye-roll live on. Where appropriate, of course! 
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  3. Elizabeth Smith says

    I was just reading your post on Back East Blonde (loved) so I came over here to find this *gem* of a post! I had a teacher put me in “time out” for eye-rolling when I didn’t realize I was eye-rolling too. When she took me out of time out and had a talk with me about what I did I had to make a conscience effort not to eye roll because really who puts someone in time out for an eye roll? ha

  4. Elizabeth Smith says

    I was just reading your post on Back East Blonde (loved) so I came over here to find this *gem* of a post! I had a teacher put me in “time out” for eye-rolling when I didn’t realize I was eye-rolling too. When she took me out of time out and had a talk with me about what I did I had to make a conscience effort not to eye roll because really who puts someone in time out for an eye roll? ha

  5. Amy Breckenridge says

    i cannot tell you how many times i’ve gotten in trouble for rolling my eyes. sometimes i don’t even realize i’m doing it. my mum used to ground me for it all the time growing up, haha! love the gif of you – too funny!! thanks again for guest posting for me last week while i was out having surgery – i really appreciate it!!

  6. Amy Breckenridge says

    i cannot tell you how many times i’ve gotten in trouble for rolling my eyes. sometimes i don’t even realize i’m doing it. my mum used to ground me for it all the time growing up, haha! love the gif of you – too funny!! thanks again for guest posting for me last week while i was out having surgery – i really appreciate it!!

  15. Becky Dougherty says

    Hahaha! I don’t recommend rolling one’s eyes at one’s teacher (as a teacher, that infuriates me), but she totally deserved that. How is swimming NOT exercise!?!? (Also, LOVE Mary Crawley!)

  16. Becky Dougherty says

    Hahaha! I don’t recommend rolling one’s eyes at one’s teacher (as a teacher, that infuriates me), but she totally deserved that. How is swimming NOT exercise!?!? (Also, LOVE Mary Crawley!)

  19. Brittany conners says

    The art of eye rolling seems to be an inherited trait haha My nieces have it down already and they are only 6!

  21. Brittany conners says

    The art of eye rolling seems to be an inherited trait haha My nieces have it down already and they are only 6!

  22. Michael says

    I’m a constant eye-roller. It cracks me up to see my niece already doing it. She’s not even 2 so she doesn’t “get it” but oh, she’s going to be good!

  23. Michael says

    I’m a constant eye-roller. It cracks me up to see my niece already doing it. She’s not even 2 so she doesn’t “get it” but oh, she’s going to be good!

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