I Was Honestly Flattered

During our Spelling Test:

Me: Mean. Miss Hunter is a mean teacher. Mean.

Student: Oh, so it must be opposite day.

(Now isn't that just nice?)

Funny Moments

The 2nd grader who read the First Reading at Mass this morning did a fantastic job! He really, really did. There was just one teeny, tiny mistake...

"...do not be faithful in marriage..."



And at recess...


"Miss Hunter, it's so cold! Can we cuddle to stay warm? I'm just going to keep following you until you stop so we can cuddle. OH! A ball!"  - And I didn't see her again the whole recess.

Eucharist Question

Today in religion class we were talking about receiving Jesus in the Eucharist. After some curiosity about how it all tastes, one student asked, "Is it a dry wine?" Gotta love 2nd graders!

I May be on Spring Break...

...but I sure do miss the funny moments of teaching. So, in honor of my students (and with a prayer that their breaks are going very well) here are some of my favorites from the last week we were in school.

We had been discussing St. Patrick and the age he was when he died. (He lived a decently long life.) Somehow, it was mentioned that Jesus was 33 when He died...

Student: Wait! What? Jesus was 33 when He died?
Me: Yes.
Student: But why was He so young? How did He die?
Me: (looking at the student but not saying anything)
Student: (with comprehension slowly crossing his face) Oh. Right. They crucified Him.

Student: Miss Hunter, if we leave our thermometer upside down for a long time, will all of that red stuff slide down to the other end?
Me: No, that isn't the way it works. It only moves when the temperature changes.
Another Student: It isn't called "red stuff." It's called Mars.
Me: ...actually, it's Mercury.

Me: (proofreading a student's paragraph) Christopher, Christopher, Christopher, Christopher. You have 5 sentences in the paragraph, and four of them start with "Christopher." Can you think of a pronoun we could use instead of saying "Christopher" so many times?
Student: (pausing for a moment to think) Chris!

It's Official...

...from a prepping stand-point, my Christmas Break is over.

Before Christmas, I had my students create their own fill-in-the-blank mini-books. Here is page 4 of a sweet little girl's book. (The underlined portion is what she wrote. Not underlined = the provided prompt.)


This holiday is important because it is Jesus' birthday for crying out loud!

Good to know she gets it. I hope she always remembers it.

While Reviewing for a Social Studies Test

Me: What does the government do with our tax money?

Student: They give it to the lazy people who don't work.

Me: (Well, I really just laughed. I couldn't help it.)

Student: What? That's what my mom said!

Ah. The Minds of the Young

Question on a Science assignment: Why do different plants have different stems?
Student Answer: I think it is because God made them different.

Now, that was NOT the science answer I was looking for, but how can I argue with that?

Student: Do you have a boyfriend?
Me: No.
Student: Oh. So you're going to die alone.

Student 1 (on her birthday): Yay! I'm special.
Student 2: I hate to tell you this, but everyone has a birthday.

Hell and Moles

Student: Miss Hunter, how did Satan end up in hell?

Me: Well at one point he was up in Heaven with God and all the other angels. God gave all the angels a choice to love Him or not, just like He gives us. Satan chose not to love God, so he was sent out of Heaven.

Student: Oh, I see. Have moles ever been to hell? You know, they can dig pretty deep.

2nd Graders and Werewolfs

We had just come in from recess.  I was hurriedly trying to get my students lined up for Art class.

Thomas: Miss Hunter, is George turning into a werewolf?

Me: No.

Thomas: He says he is.

Me: He isn't.

Thomas: But he says that if you get bitten by a werewolf you turn into one.

Me: He wasn't bitten by a werewolf.

The student walked over to the supply baskets to get his art supplies. I could hear he, George, and two other boys talking.

Will: Miss Hunter says you aren't, George.

George: She doesn't know everything.

Thomas: Uh! She's the teacher. She is sooo smart.

George: She knows a lot, but she doesn't know everything about me.

George (to Will): Why did you tell her? I didn't want people to know.

Will: I didn't. Thomas did!

George: Why did you tell him? I only told you because I was spending the night. I didn't want anyone else to know about it.

Will: ::sighs deeply:: I'm sorry.

The Art Teacher had a nice little laugh when I warned her of the situation.

The Year 2101

Student: In the year 3000 I'll be a hundred years old!

Me: You would be a thousand years old.

Student: Oh. I'll probably live to 2101. Then I'll be 101 years old.

Me: I see.

Student: You'll be dead!

From the Mouth of a Child

Teacher: When you see the letters "BC"  at the end of a year, what does that tell you?

Student: It stands for "Before Christ," so you know that it was a year before Jesus was born.

Teacher: Good. And about when we see "AD?"

Student #2: It means it is a year after Jesus was born.

Teacher: Right!

Student #3: I know why they didn't use "AC."

Teacher: You do? Why is that?

Student #3: Because AC is air-conditioning. (laughing) It wouldn't make sense to say '1410 air-conditioning.'
 

From the Mouth of a Child

Student: Wow! I can't believe this school has been around for over 100 years! It must be the luckiest school in the world! (pause) I told all of my friends that this is the luckiest school because we get to talk about God and learn more about Jesus.

Though "luckiest" would not have been my word of choice, I share his sentiments.