I remembered seeing this video for the first time while watching Sunday Night Football last year. I laughed out loud and then thought to myself "look how much fun those kids are having." I then jumped into principal mode and thought "our classrooms need to look like this."
What do I mean by that? Well, sometimes we need to lose a little control and not look at everything in our classroom as this or that. These kids were dancing and playing football. Obviously, they at the high school game to play a small exhibition. The goal was to display their football skills. Did they do that? Yes. Could have the coaches tried to regain some control to make the scrimmage look better? Yes. But I would ask at what cost? What would have happened if the coaches tried to get the players to stop dancing? Simple. They would have spent all their time trying to regain control and to be honest it would have taken away the "fun" they were having. They would not have been able to run another play.
These coaches were smart. They let the kids go. They understood they could play football and dance!! These kids where having the time of their lives, even the ones who were cold and wanted to go home.
So remember you may have to give up a little control to engage all your students. That's ok, but a little whip and nae-nae never hurt anyone!!
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