quotes

here are some of my favorite classroom quotes and pictures from March. enjoy.

3.1.12
"mrs. s, do you watch basketball wives?"
"no...do you?"
"yes, with my mom...but when they do bad stuff on there, she covers my eyes. when they say bad stuff on there, she covers my ears. i actually don't really know what the show is about."


3.2.12
i was reading james and the giant peach to the kids. at the end of one of the chapters, a little girl raises her hand and says, (really excited) 
"mrs s! it looks like you are the one who ate the giant peach!!"
(very funny kid...you fail.) 


3.5.12
we were reviewing the letter Dd this week, and the kids had to draw something that began with that letter. one little girl was working really hard on her picture, and giggling the whole time. when she had to share with the rest of the class, she could barely say what she drew.

her dad in a dress

(and yes, he has a mustache...)

3.7.12
"mrs. s, i was walking to my friends house yesterday and a bird pooped on my head."
"sounds like fun..."
(pissed) "it wasn't." 


"my brother is becoming a MAN! he is getting hair under his arms!" 
(i laughed.)


3.8.12
when the kids ask me where i sleep at night, sometimes i mess with them and say 'in one of the lockers.' they usually laugh, but i can tell some of them aren't sure if i'm being serious or not. one little girl was left at the end of the day and we were waiting for her mom to pick her up. the conversation went something like this:


"mrs. s, is it true what you said about sleeping in one of the lockers at night?"
"no, silly. i am just joking when i say that. i sleep in a bed."
(relieved) "yeah! everyone sleeps in a bed...well, everyone except for God."
(right you are...)


3.14.12
a child runs up to my desk first thing in the morning, obviously overly excited about something. (nearly bursting)
"mrs. s! i have something very important to tell you...today, before school, i saw a WORM."
(i wish i could get that excited about anything...let alone a worm!)


3.20.12
what i read: "A dear whore comes out when it is winter."

what he meant to say: "A deer's horns come off when it is winter."
(whoops.)


3.21.12
during snack time:
"mrs. s, does liquor begin with an 'L'?"
 "yes, it does." 
"oh, okay...'cause that's what my mommy drinks."
(yesss....)


free journal writing

so i ask, "what is going on with this picture?"

"well, there were two guys fighting and they are both saying (whispering) 'what the F', but i didn't want to write the F word so i just wrote "f"."

(yea, that's what i thought...just confirming...)

3.28.12

during sharing time:
"there was this little boy named trayvon martin...and he was carrying skittles and a pepsi and some man shot him. oh, and he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. his parents had to have a funeral for him...they were sad. and i don't understand why the man shot him."
(you and a lot of other people, pal...)


another child pipes in and says with his hands flailing in front of him:
"i don't know about all that, but i do know that when you die they put you in a big box and bury you in the dirt..."
(true.)


3.29.12
two of the last kids sitting in my class having a chat before dismissal:
"man, i am so glad we have spring break now. my brain hurts so much from all the stuff we learned today."
"yeah, i learned a lot of stuff today, too. my brain is really hurting." (hand on head)
(apparently, kindergarten is brutal.)




"laughter need not be cut out of anything...since it improves everything." 
-james thurber