Friday, February 12, 2010

Overheard @ My Classroom

I have a small class of mainly-immigrant children who are advanced for their age. So it's always surprising to realize that their age is actually 6 or 7 and that it's perfectly normal for them to say crazy things during coloring activities...like the conversation they had this morning:

Boy #1: I'm so handsome. I'll probably get married soon.

Girl #1: Tee hee hee, he said "married!"

Boy #2: You could also get divorced.

Girl #1: Oh yeah! I know about divorce. It's kind of like getting married.

Boy #2: I don't have a mommy.

Boy #1: Yes you do. I've seen your mommy. Your mommy's black.

Boy #2: Cusses in Arabic

Rest of the Class: TEACHER!!! TEACHER!!! HE JUST CUSSED IN ARABIC!


There's not enough of me to solve these problems, but it's fun to watch them interact.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

i would like to know that the french version of "tee hee hee" is.

Double D said...

hmm, well actually that represents your typical snigger-giggle.