April 1st...Christmas for people who don't like God

I have a freshman student who apparently is under the impression that his 3rd period class is Nappy Hall instead of Study Hall. He sleeps quite a bit and therefore, I wake him up quite a bit. It's nice to have him awake in class.

This is true because when you're awake you can do work like you're supposed to do in study hall. Also, while not sleeping in class, you can NOT get written up for sleeping in class. That's generally how this works. But most importantly, being awake in my 3rd period class gives students the opportunity to participate in class discussion.

On April 1st (April Fool's Day) we were sitting in class and I wished everyone a Happy National Atheist Day. I was joking, of course, not because it wasn't National Atheist Day (because it really was) but because I'm not actually an atheist and neither are they (at least, I don't think any of them are...time will tell). It's called Nat'l Atheist Day because according to Proverbs, the fool says in his heart, 'There is no God' and April 1st is known as April Fool's Day. Therefore, someone got the brilliant idea to call April 1st "National Atheist Day." But that's beside the point.

The point is, I told the class those facts, facts that some knew and some didn't, and my apparently most sleep deprived student asked, "Is that like Christmas for people who don't like God?"

I didn't know what to do with that because this student, although a devout napper, is also a serious studier of the art of sarcasm. But then I relaized, he was serious. As he stared at me, awaiting an answer, I couldn't help but laugh before I answered.

"Sure man. April 1st is like Christmas for people who don't like God. Why not?"