I used the book Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days in my 4th grade classroom for several years. After the Christmas break, I would show up with a stalk of broccoli hanging from yarn around my neck. I told my class that I had found the most amazing book ever. For my New Year's Resolution I was going to follow this book. That I was in the process of becoming a perfect person. And today was my first day! I would read the book to them to the point where one has to wear broccoli around their neck. The author warns that you can not read beyond this point. The next day, at least half the students in the class would show up with the stinky vegetable around their necks. The rest of the school looked at us like we were crazy. But the author warns that you can not tell anyone why you are wearing the broccoli or it will not work. We worked on achieving perfection all week. Needless to say no one was successful. I took it as a lesson on overcoming failure. lol My Welcome speech to be given at the Most Improved Students Award program hosted by the Caddo Federation of Teachers and Support Personnel
Good evening ladies and gentlemen,
I was elected to represent the citizens of district 4 on the Caddo Parish School Board. The School Board has 12 members, each representing a part of Caddo Parish.
I am so please to welcome all the students who are receiving the Perfect Student award for your individual schools.
Jackie (Moderator) interrupts: These students are here for THE MOST IMPROVED STUDENT AWARD. NOT PERFECT Students.
Oh thank goodness. Now I don’t feel so out of place. It was really stressing me out to talk to perfect people. So these are the students who do better each day than they did the day before. All of you have worked hard to be better today than you were yesterday, and you will be better tomorrow than you are today.
You are my kind of people.
I have been trying to follow this book I found, Be A Perfect Person in Just 3 Days for years.
The first day is not too difficult. All you have to do is wear a stalk of broccoli around your neck for 24 hours. Do you know how that would make a person perfect? Well I can tell you that at the end of the day you smell bad. I don’t believe perfect people smell bad. Anyway, when I followed this book to try to become a perfect person; I always make it through the 1st day. This book makes you wear broccoli because perfect people have courage. I had to be a brave teacher to go to my 4th grade class and teach all day with a silly stalk of stinky broccoli around my neck.
I have never made it through the 3rd day. It’s just hard. And that’s all I’m going to tell you. If you want to try to become perfect, you will just have to read this book.
But the author seems to know a lot about us non-perfect people. And I think he actually likes us. I’ll read just the part I always have read, since I haven’t been successful yet at becoming a perfect person. See you read one page if you become a perfect person and different pages if you don’t make it.
Read the following from the book Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days.
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU’RE NOT PERFECT!
It’s ridiculous to want to be perfect anyway. But then, everybody is ridiculous sometimes, except perfect people.
You know what perfect is? Perfect is not eating or drinking or talking or moving a muscle or making even the teensiest mistake. Perfect is never doing anything wrong-which means never doing anything at all. Perfect is boring!
So you’re not perfect! Wonderful! Have fun! Eat things that give you bad breath! Trip over your own shoelaces! Laugh! Let somebody else laugh at you!
Perfect people never do any of those things. All they do is sit around and sip weak tea and think about how perfect they are.
Phooey! Who needs them?
You can drink pickle juice and imitate gorillas and do silly dances and sing stupid songs and wear funny hats and be as imperfect as you please and still be a GOOD person. Good people are hard to find nowadays. And they are a lot more fun than perfect people any day of the week.
So on behalf of the Caddo Parish School Board, I want to say we love our Most Improved Students. You are just who we want all our students to be. Better today than you were yesterday. And even better tomorrow that you are today.
A Great Big Congratulations!!!
