All in a day's work

I still enjoy my classroom- even though it keeps growing in number and challenges. Here are some of the more interesting comments I have heard this week from my young scholars:

• "Miss Miller, I decided not to be an astronaut because sometimes the gases come together in space and explode."
• "See, I was right about the directions. From now on, I can be the boss of us both." (one student to another)
• "Miss Miller, you aren't married. You could marry my uncle. He used to have a girlfriend but then she broke up with him when he started kissing her sister. I bet he wouldn't cheat on you though because you are prettier than her."
• "I can't do my homework. We don't have any pencils at my house."
• "When you said we could bring in Christmas gifts for the poor kids, I just wanted to tell you that I can't give away my turbo truck."
• "Sorry teacher, sorry I didn't raise my hand before" (blurted out during yet another interruption)
• "I wasn't chewing gum. I was chewing my cough drop."
• "Where's North Korea? (asked while looking at a map of the United States) I heard they are making some big rockets to shoot at us."Then after locating North Korea on the globe, "Oh we're safe, those rockets can't shoot that far."
• "My mom said that black people have to use the dirty restrooms."
• "Miss Miller, when you said, 'Hmmm, maybe" is that a grown-up way to say, 'No way'."