A good laugh

There are so many reasons why I love kids! But I have to say that the best part is the funny things they do and say without even realizing it.

One of my boys has been obsessed since the first day of school with why I wasn't married yet. He liked to ask me on a weekly basis until one day I told him, "What if I just don't want to get married?" He was so shocked and could not figure out why anyone would ever feel that way. Since we're done with the poetry unit, I've been teaching them to do How-To Helpers. In order to challenge my advanced students, I've offered them more out-of-the-box topics. Like, how to get your parents to say yes more, how to be a peacemaker, how to turn your sofa into a spaceship, etc.

Well, that same marriage-obsessed boy tells me that he'll be making one in honor of me. Minutes later, he shows me his finished work. It's entitled: "How to Get Someone to Love You." As he hands it to me, he tells me that this will help me get married. Uhm gee, thanks? His How-To is more for the guys though. It lists:

1) Boy must shower and dress very nicely.
2) Go and buy a nice bouquet of flowers and go to her house.
3) Ring the doorbell and politely ask her to go to dinner.
4) If she says yes, she will love you and then you will be married.

Oh yes, if that were the case....too funny! Another student overheard our conversation and decides she wants to work on a similar topic. She entitles hers: "How to Make Love." I nearly fell to the ground! I know that's not what she meant but it was just too funny. Luckily, she scrapped the idea and decided to go with teaching someone how to torture their sisters.

As if that wasn't amusing enough of a day for me! They were in their centers in the afternoon and a group was working with magnetic letters and forming them on baking sheets. One of the pairs wanted to use the dictionary (keep in mind the dictionary is from the school, not one I purchased) to make more challenging words. One of the girls asks me, "Do you know this word? Ejigulate? Eeejagulate?" Oh my god. I knew she wasn't pronouncing it right and I was thinking there was no way she was trying to say what I thought she was saying. So I got up and walked over and looked at the baking pan....there in multi-colored magnets spelled...EJACULATE. They proceeded to tell me the definition and thankfully the dictionary only said it was to exclaim. They then used the word in a sentence by saying, "Oh, he ejaculated when he screamed!" I have to give her credit for using the definition correctly. I just hope they don't use the word at home because I'm sure their parents know the only definition that I knew of.

Never a dull moment!