The appropriately-named redditor nerd_farmer is apparently an elementary school principal, farming the nerds of tomorrow—and teaching them an important lesson about pulling April Fool's pranks on your elders. When his 5th grade students left a rubber/plastic "hot chocolate spill" on their tablet, nerd_farmer executed his revenge before the school day was even over.
Principal nerd_farmer turned the tables with his own April Fool's prank using the most powerful weapons in the faculty arsenal—official letterhead and the school photocopier—to draft a letter containing every students' worst nightmare: a canceled spring break. Nerd_farmer then got a 5th grade teacher in on the prank, which was the best part (below).
BCS Families,
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to inform you of an error with the 2015-2016 school calendar. In order to meet state and federal school-day guidelines, we must have a minimum of 1,030 hours of instructional time.
While BCS has met the requirement with the minimum number of school days, the required number of instructional time has not been met. We are currently on track to meet last year's minimum of 1,000 hours, but we will fall short by thirty hours by school-year's end. In order to correct this error, we will continue to have direct instructional time during the week of April 4th through the 8th.
I deeply apologize for this oversight, and hopefully your spring break plans can be rescheduled.
Sincerely,
Nerd_Farmer
After making the notice and copying it, nerd_farmer went to the classroom of the 5th graders who had pranked him and handed it to their teacher, who was in on the joke. Nerd_farmer wrote:
I created one master and 9 photo copies. I handed the stack to the teacher and said loudly so the whole class could hear,
"please make sure every student gets one and send it home for their parents."
Since she was in on the joke, she said "sure" and I left. As I listened though the door she shouted with academy award winning acting skills:
"What?!?!? No!"
So of course all the kids HAD to know what she was looking at, so she read it aloud and explained the jargon. You could hear a pin drop. They were silent. Then they started to whine and complain. That's when I popped the door open while a stupid grin and they lost their minds.
I collected the letters, counted them to make sure I had them all and left. Those letters never made it home. I didn't want the hassle of parents who can't take a joke.
Good move leaving the parents out of it. 5th graders may be immature and disruptive, but unlike their parents, at least they can learn to take a joke. As for how the kids took it, nerd_farmer finished:
Today was a good day. As soon as I walked into their classroom with a stupid grin on my face, they were up in arms saying "NO WAY!!! HE GOT US!!"
Good job, principal nerd_farmer. Those kids will relish their struggle with you long after you've forgotten it.