Bless You and Cover Your Mouth!!!!

German bacteriologist Julius Petri, devised the petri dish in 1887.

Little did he know, or maybe he did, that middle schools could be referred to as "Giant Petri Dishes!" by me!

When children are little and cute, parents haul them to the doctor, at the first cough.

When that cute cherub turns into a gawky, pimple faced, P.I.T.A. ( pain in the ass)teenager, we parents don't get close enough to them, to know if they are sick!!! No doctors are called. Drink some juice and go to bed early, as long as you "GO TO SCHOOL", "YOU ARE NOT THAT SICK!"

Middle school age children are sick and they stay sick, a very long time.
You see, they don't tell their parents they are feeling poorly. God forbid that they would miss out on any "Loaded Locker Gossip!"

So the petri dish, percolates!!

Case in point:
Student taking test.
Student will not stop blowing his nose.
Fifty Kleenex later, all on the floor.
(see photo above)

Slimmed, bacteria growing, petri dish is hungry!!!

Me, out sick yesterday, with the stomach BUG, with a cold brewing.

I'm so very thankful, this all still makes me laugh.