12/16/2025
My student just spent an *entire afternoon* digging through thousands of crayons—like some kind of wax archaeologist—just to find the one elusive, retired Crayola color: dandelion yellow. I mean, really? Of all the shades in the crayon kingdom, they went on a quest for the one that literally got *fired* for being too dull. That’s like going on a treasure hunt and being thrilled to find a beige sock.
She expected me to allow her to keep her bounty to sell on eBay, to which I politely told her no, but did allow her to keep all the broken and ultra dull ones.
36F, middle school teacher, size 8 Crocs/9 uggs.
No banana for scale, and Banana Mania (also a retired color) was not on our radars.