Sophomores reflect on ‘trick’ they pulled on junior high teacher

Not all pranks have to be cruel and hateful. Sometimes pranks can be fun and playful, a way to show others that they are cared for.

That is how a group of eighth grade students at Burnett Junior High showed their Spanish teacher she was a well respected teacher. These students, now sophomores, used to hang out every weekend. Their favorite teacher was Senorita Palmer. The Students decided that they were going to egg their teacher’s house for the Easter holiday season. But not all pranks are ‘no bueno.’

The students gathered Easter eggs and filled them with Candy and a “prize egg” with a dollar. After dark, they went to her house dressed in dark clothing and placed them throughout the yard. They also got her an Easter egg basket, put it on her door step, and wrote their names on the back.

“We did not want to keep this prank anonymous because it really wasn’t that kind of prank. We just did this prank to bring a smile to our favorite teacher’s face,” sophomore Kendal Dulaney said.

Ms. Palmer was surprised at the gesture and loved that her students took the time to do something nice and thoughtful for her.

Ms. Palmer never said anything to the students in class, but she knew that they were the ones to do it because they left a signed card.

“Our teacher put the Easter egg basket in her class room and kept it there for the rest of the year. This showed us that she appreciated what all we did for her,” sophomore Madison Simms said.

The group of students, if given a chance, would not change a thing about their prank, even though they were a bit skeptical on the way she would react in the beginning.

“I’m glad Ms. Palmer reacted the way she did,” sophomore Kendal Dulaney said. “We were all scared of her reaction in the beginning, but soon realized she wasn’t like that and looked for the good in things. Not all pranks have to have a bad ending.”