Bump It Up

Being a middle school teacher I tend to be subjected to more ridicule, more teasing, and strange looks than most people’s jobs. I like it though. It provides me with opportunities to live just a little more silly than not.

This week at school we are trying to get the student body excited about school spirit. Most schools will do things like wearing pajamas, dressing a certain way, or other goofy stunts.

Our stunt......bump the hair. 

Our student body is spectacularly amazing at teasing, ratting, hair spraying, and creating mile high hair styles. I am very impressed with their hair skills. 

Now there are different versions of the “bump”.
**Due to student confidentiality I can’t post their pictures...darn!**

 “Snooki”
Ginormous poof is teased to the very crown of your head. A small curtain of hair is gently placed across the teased portion and hair sprayed into to place.

“Waterfall”
This particular version is a “Snooki” on steroids. The small poof is multiplied around the entire head from ear to ear. The completed product resembles a hair halo. The most perfect versions look as if the wearer has a hair umbrella attached to the top of the their head.

“Bump It”
Some girls wear the bump it. Most at our school do not. I might have over heard one girl call another wearing a bump it “poser”. So we shall not go there.

Male Version of the Bump It: Mohawk
Today I saw a mohawk that stood 4 1/2 inches high and shellacked as if it were cemented with glue. It gleamed and glimmered in the gym lights. And I do believe if a ballon got anywhere near the ends, it would have popped due to the extreme pointyness of the spikes.

Yes, I got caught up in the hair bump madness. It isn’t as big or as spectacular as some of the girls. But it’s a start. I love walking into school dressed out of the norm, seeing the looks on student’s faces. It makes me giggle inside.