High school fluff and the education of the next cloth diapering generation...

At what point are they mine?

I am sure that sounds selfish...mine, mine, mine...but I was standing in the hall greeting students as they came down the hall and wondering, "when are they mine?" 

This of course depends on the class itself and if I have ever had the student in a previous class. So, it goes without saying that my Advanced Placement Spanish Literature class are mine, all mine. So much mine, that they come to me when they have issues in other classes. This is of course due to the fact that I have had the majority of them in either 3rd year Spanish or in AP Spanish Language. It could also have to do with the nature of the class. It is quite intimate in nature...we are a small group, we read and discuss literature, analyze it, and in doing so we reveal small details about ourselves. So, they quickly became mine.

At some point they also gain insight into my life as well. As much as I keep my personal life out of bounds with my other classes, the nature of this one, well, it lends itself to something more. 

So, it comes as no surprise that some came to me as to what they should do their informative or persuasive speech (I am not sure which, I am the Spanish teacher).  And it just so happened that I had received a new fluffy butt package for lil Quet earlier in the day and had some fun dipes (diapers) sitting in the box behind my desk.  Out comes the dipes and I am explaining the benefits: financial, environmental, health, and practical of cloth diapering.

I then had 3 want to do their speeches about cloth diapering. Which I then sent them home  to do their research. And I brought in different types for after our next class.  They ooh-ed over the fuzzy Itti Bittis, could not believe the softness of the fleecy inside of the Rumparooz or the fun lil skulls print on the Happy Heinys, loved the practicality and simpleness of GroVia's AI2s and their trimness, and were generally amazed that cloth diapering was not "bleh-cky" and actually just as easy, if not more so, as plastic throw aways.  In addition, they were so excited, they went home to let older siblings, aunts, and even their mothers know.

So, how did their speeches go? They all got the highest scores in their respective classes (they all had different teachers).   And were told that nobody had ever done a speech on cloth diapers before.  Also, other students got so excited they stopped by my classroom to chat about this option for their mother or their auntie (and one of the teachers whose wife is due in October).  And could their family members ring me for more information? 

Amazing, I would say. A whole generation of young ones, who were stuck in plastic,
 gel-ed diapers, super excited about cloth? Yep, I'd say, amazing. This is a throw-away generation and they simply fell in love with FLUFF!!!