Almost Everyone

A couple students came in during lunch to help me clean today. This is the conversation that happened.

Student 1: Ms. Ferenchak? How many people are going to flunk in our class?
Me: I can't tell you that! It's private.
Student 1: Can you give us a hint?
Me: Okay, the person who is going to flunk is a boy or a girl.
Student 2: That's almost everyone!

haha, almost?

LIVE STRONG

I am wearing my yellow LIVE STRONG bracelet today and one of my students asked me what it was for. I told him it was for cancer awareness. This is the conversation that followed:

Student 1: So that means you have cancer?!
Student 2: NO. Don't you see? She has hair. If she had cancer then she wouldn't have hair!

Carpenters

We were discussing different career types in class today. I asked my kids if they knew what a carpenter was. This was the response I got:

Student 1: Someone who cleans carpets!

Hmmm, very smart thinking, but no ;p

Substitute

The substitute I had a few weeks ago came to visit me this morning. He handed me a homemade lasagna and told me how much he enjoyed my class! He said he could tell that I'm a great teacher because of how organized I was and how good my lesson plans were. That really made me feel special!

Mammals and Being Old

Today in science we were discussing how mammals take care of their young until they are old enough to take care of themselves. We talked about how lions, monkeys, humans, etc, do that. Then one of my students asked me, "So, our parents take care of us because we are young. Do your parents not take care of you anymore because you are old?"

Hey squirt! I am NOT old! hahaha.