Just a lovely little thread about school trips that will make you nostalgic and glad you’re not a teacher
Lawyer Joanna Hardy spotted a group of children out on a school trip and her thread made people nostalgic and glad they’re not a teacher in almost equal measure.
1.
Yes! It’s the season of huge groups of school kids in little yellow vests being herded onto the tube by sweating teachers.
I *love* these little guys.
Commuters, stoney-faced, pretending a pack of tiny, excellent comedians haven’t just joined us.
— Joanna Hardy-Susskind (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
2.
I love that they are dressed as tiny little builders in those yellow vests. Like one of them might fix a pot hole on the way to Madame Tussaud’s.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
3.
One of them is eating his packed lunch. Standing up. He’s lost his “partner” which is impeding the head count. The sweating teachers count heads at each stop. Endless counting.
Presumably in case one of the little legends goes rogue and alights at Liverpool Street.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
4.
They’ve been to the museum! They’re getting off in six stops and are counting each one aloud. They’re all eating Haribo. So much for healthy school meals. Jamie Oliver will go berserk.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
5.
Three of them just sat on one seat like Russian dolls. BUNDLE!
The poor kid at the bottom is now struggling due to his mates piling onto his abdomen. It’s fine because he has water in his MASSIVE backpack and his partner “knows the Heineken manoeuvre”. So that’s something.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
6.
There’s a SCHOOL SONG guys.
And, let me tell you, these kids probably won’t be doing GCSE music when they’re older.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
7.
They are OBSESSED with putting sunscreen on. All of them. They’re so greasy. But protected. So that’s good. Safety first.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
8.
A brief panic on the latest head count. Lucas was missing. But they found him hiding behind his mates. MEGA LOL LADS.
Oh Lucas, you cheeky monster, giving your teacher an absolute heart attack for the giggle of it all.
The teacher has visibly aged in the last five minutes.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
9.
I had no idea cheese strings were still a thing. But apparently they are. Is there even real cheese in there? It looks very *yellow*.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
10.
One of them just resolved an argument by declaring that his opponent “has nits”.
Outstanding dispute resolution.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
11.
Oh no, they’re leaving. Like Noah’s Ark in their wee little pairs marching off like tiny builders.
I miss them already.
— Joanna Hardy (@Joanna__Hardy) June 26, 2019
And a few of the comments it prompted.
Absolutely gorgeous thread.
Related: really glad I didn’t become a teacher
— Pyjama Llama (@ShazLlama) June 27, 2019
Superb. Kids on the tube are a fantastic mix. We visited London 2 years ago and my then 5 year old approached every journey like he was Michael Parkinson. His determination to talk to embarrassed Londoners trying to maintain the mandatory silence was nothing short of heroic
— Campbell Corbett (@cjec1) June 27, 2019
Outstanding reporting, simply outstanding
I was there for that entire journey 😍😂 pic.twitter.com/abXymj1FFx— Regina Behan (@ReggieRB) June 26, 2019
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