turn off the lights!

when i was a kid, sometimes my teacher would turn off the classroom lights and tell us all to put our heads down. i remember that i usually found this to be intolerably boring, but sometimes, especially if the classroom was warm and the blnds were drawn i would drift off into the a beautiful hazy half sleep.

i wish it was still acceptable to do this as an adult. i wish i could drop the blinds and shut off the lights and tell everyone to just put their heads down for 20 minutes. maybe somebody could read to us in a soothing voice as well. in the third grade my teacher read us the indian in the cupboard i wouldn't mind hearing it again.