Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Friday was not a good day for my self-esteem. As the day began a first or second grade girl I did not recognize ran up to me, “Ms. A! Ms. A!” I stopped, expecting to hear some playground tattling or tale of woe. Instead the sweet little darling informed me [...]
I am a teacher. I believe in introducing my students to new concepts, ideas and things. Today they each received a little slice of liverworst. A few approached the morsel boldly, popping it into their mouths. The others waited and watched. Izzy gagged, spit in his hand, then grabbed a [...]
Jay: Ms. A., I don’t like your hair color. You should change it. Me: Jay, I don’t like your nose. You should change it. Whole Class: Ooooh! Jay: That wasn’t very nice! Me: Really? Jay: I guess I wasn’t very nice, either, huh? Never mind. Your hair’s okay I guess. [...]
Life in a second language learner’s classroom:  We are having a fund raiser spaghetti dinner at the school tonight. The teachers are to be the wait-staff. One of my students asked, “What’s wait-staff?” I said, “You know, cooks, waiters, dishwashers — the folks that do the work so all [...]
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