We might just make it after all...

This isn't something that someone said but as I sit here with ten minutes to recess, it's the thought that came to my head. After 6 days we are actually listening to directions. I feel like doing the Mary Tyler Moore jump for joy, while singing the above song. If you don't know what I am talking about, please google "Mary Tyler Moore opening credits" and you will then know...

Gender Confusion

Today was "Meet The Teacher" day. My kids come one @ a time, see their desks, I show them where to line up etc... great excitement. One of my students comes in and says
 S- " You are not a man ? Someone told me a man was my teacher, but you're not a man"

I just laughed but I think the mom was concerned the daughter had offended me. So to diffuse the situation the mom says "well maybe b/c of your name ?"

So my I may have been confused with a guy, but @ least it was because of my name, not my looks...

Last Day...

MP"You can't have forever recess, you will die"
DR"Yeah you will run out of strength"
AS"Maybe if I die I can go to heaven and be an Avatar"
 ? ( I can't remember, I was trying to type so fast) "That's not funny dude, those are humans"
 RB"Why are we talking about Avatars ? Seriously ?"

Three Days is three too many...

How many times do I have to say something ? I swear I am talking to a wall.... that's all really...

First Grade Gestapo @ it's finest....

When I am pulling people to read I have two kids that are the "center sheriff", and they can pass out "cowhand cash". This is center sheriff D said to M today...

"Here is a dollar for acting propriately... now don't punch anyone again "

Church and State

D, wandering the room and talking to me

"Did you know that I know spanish ? like blanco, rojo.... Did you know our mom's and dad's made us from eggs ? And that we are all sisters and brothers ? We need to treat each other like that, or else we won't be able to return to live with our father. You know.. Heavenly Father ?"

good thing no one else was listening... or I was Jewish...

Field Trip Funnies

1 is actually funny, while 2 is more funny in a " I am laughing but a little creeped out inside"

1- After 40 minutes of wandering the Beane Museum (which is just like a natural history museum, all stuffed creatures), two children are looking @ stuffed birds.

Child 1- "Look at that bird on it's side, it's sleeping"
Child 2 (with the heartbreaking bluntness of a 7 year old)- "No.... it's dead"


2- On the way home, with her dad sitting next to her. T- "Miss Van Tassell, my dad thinks' your fine !!". If only I wanted to date someone who:
- was wearing a bandana and football jersey
-has tattoos all up his arm
- sat under a tree and read a book while he was supposed to be eating lunch with his group
-(word on the school grapevine)was in prison last year
-makes no attempt to control their child, or even send his child to school most days
-was not one iota embarrassed or tried to stop his daughter, just simply stared @ me (thank goodness for sunglasses so he couldn't see where I was looking).