Summer Break

The kids went on summer vacation last week, therefore ending the stream of material I was working with. As a result, the posts here will be slowing down for the next couple months, but I still have some pieces that I am working on from this school year. To tide you over, I had a friend send me an email a couple weeks back regarding one of the 3rd graders I worked with:

This morning on yard duty:

 6 year old: Ms. E, [3rd grade boy] called me a bad word name.

 Ms. E (thinking it's the word "stupid"): Oh, what did he say?

 6 year old: He said get off the swing you fucking asshole!

Duh

Kindergarten, probably my most/least favorite grade to teach.


Pluses: adorable, imaginative, sweet, innocent, tons of energy

Minuses: sticky faces (snot, slobber, leftover snack), screaming, attention span of a goldfish, tons of energy

Mainly due to the absence of attention after 10 seconds during any activity, I shy away from working with kindergartners. However, they have no filter and their mouths are constantly vomiting words, so they say some amazing things.

Boy 1: I have like 18 girlfriends.

Me: Wow, that's a lot...how do you do it?

Boy 1: I dunno, but I like this other girl too...[girl's name], she's Chinese. I want her to be my girlfriend, but I don't speak Chinese.

Me: Does she only speak Chinese? She doesn't speak English?

Boy 1: No, she speaks English too.

Me: I don't see the problem.

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Boy 2: My dad has a girlfriend.

Me: Where's your mom?

Boy 2 (frustrated): What?! My mom is married to my dad.

Me: But he has a girlfriend too?

Boy 2 (condescending): Yeah he has a girlfriend too, duhhhhhhhhhh!

Me: Interesting. Oh, and you've got a bunch of slobber on your face.

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Girl: Mr. Mac, [Boy 1] said shiiiiit!