Hey teacher besties, we're starting this one off with a real crisis, because I just found out I might have lice after spending a week in California with my whole extended family, and I am spiraling. Somehow we end up debating whether chest hair can get lice, and we also give Gerry exactly 60 seconds to nerd out about his Marvel figure collection.

Then we get into some real teacher chaos: my kids catching random spiders in high school, Molly's cockroach-on-the-mouth horror story that may or may not be a lie, and an incredibly detailed debate about whether you'd rather poop your pants in public or eat a live cockroach. We also help Molly brainstorm ideas to boost school spirit at her school, swap our worst pajama day stories, and Gerry tells us about the time he dropped it low in front of his coworkers. We close it out with a hill Molly's dying on this week, that people are boring because they don't embarrass themselves enough, so go do something new.

Takeaways:
Lice can apparently spread through an entire extended family within days, and adults are just as vulnerable as kids.
Simple, low-cost spirit week themes, like anything-but-a-backpack day or decades day, tend to get more student participation than overly complicated ones.
Pajama day can create real dress code challenges for both students and teachers.
Trying something new that you know you'll be bad at is a great way to build funny stories and a growth mindset.
Class or grade-level competitions, like themed dress-up days tied to a fun concept, tend to build long-term school spirit and tradition

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Chapter:
0:00 - Intro
1:17 - Andrea might have lice
4:57 - 60 seconds of Spider-Man
7:24 - Homework & celebrity DMs
11:07 - Classroom pest horror stories
16:28 - Would you rather: cockroach or poop your pants
22:33 - Best & worst spirit days