I am a substitute teacher. Recently, I taught a second-grade class. Some of the kids were playing a game they called Charlie, Charlie, will you kill me? It is played with a pencil balanced on a second pencil on a paper grid—yes, no, yes, no. I had to call the school counselor.
Originally it was a Latin American game, Juego de la Lapicera (Pencil Game). Teens call it Charlie, Charlie Challenge—it has spread worldwide thanks to the internet. Some teens claim that Charlie is a Mexican demon.
One girl became hysterical, so it is not funny. I wonder what would have happened had the kids found out that my name is Charles?
