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KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS...
Thanks to the children in Rebecca Cole’s Windham Primary School Class for the smiles!
Teaching this Generation A little friend was reading a book about a photographer who takes pictures of various things she sees. Each page ends with “Then I took a photo”. Without exception, even after ‘sounding it out’ and practicing together, my fearless reader read each page perfectly, except for this substitution...” Then I took a selfie.”
Germy Edition Kid: Mrs. Cole! I wanna hold your hand! Teacher: Well, K, I would hold your hand but you were just picking your nose, remember? Kid (plaintively) Yeah, but—just a little, though!
Growing Up Kid 1: Well, when you’re in the 10th grade, that’s, like, college. Kid 2: College??? You have to be a grown up to do college! Kid 1: Yeah, like 10th grade. Or maybe 20th. I forget. But, it’s a bigger number than one. Kid 2: Well, yeah. You have to know EVERYTHING, even. Kid 1: Yeah. Like, you can’t go to college until you know stuff-like tying your shoes and all that. Kid 2: Yeah. And I bet you have to read chapter books. Kid 1: Yeah—BY YOUR OWN SELF. Kid 2: Whoa. Kid 1: Yeah. I’m probably not going to college yet. Kid 2: Yeah. Me neither. (pause) I gotta ask my mom to help me tie my shoes better. Kid 1: Oh, boy...me, too
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