Stuff My Students Say, Vol. 2

 Greeting from the island of sun and wild children!  I would like to share volume two of "Stuff My Students Say".  From the moment I walk into my echoey classroom to the minute I dive through our apartment door at the end of the day, crazy and unpredictable things happen at any moment.  Here is another small selection of funny, interesting, or just plain head-scratching things that I receive on my desk.  Enjoy!



1.  First off is this wonderful irony in a pen-pal letter from Mitchigo.  Such a shame these schools is speak English.

2.  A strange compliment.

3.  I received a surprise picture of an airplane "giving me the bird".  

4.  A student displaying the Word of the Week clearly on her English paper.  Fabulous! 

5.  A picture of the amazing endangered Sunbird, and his friends Squeeshy and Squash (who happen to be French).

6.  A small window into this student's family life.

 7.  Quite possibly the most local sentence ever.

 8.  Someone is still hanging on to the old-world believes.  None of this new-fangled "earth-is-round" business.

9.  And the Shortest Attention Span Award goes to....

10.  "Rob".

11.  A couple of your basic head-scratchers.  

12.  Just to make sure I know her name.  

13.  Such a generous portion on this plate.

14.  Just the flow of this letter is genius.

15.  I'll be the judge of that.  

16.  Good question, pupil.  I was wondering the same thing.

17.  Then there is this thing.  I wonder how much product it has to put in it's hair to make it stay like that.

18.  It was delightful to hear my kids try and pronounce this week's Word of the Week.

In all seriousness, I love these guys.  They keep me on my toes.  Yesterday I walked into class to find a 3-inch diameter spider on my chair, much to the kids delight.  I often get locked out of my classroom by the students, and I hear more "weeeee teecha's" than you can imagine.  But every day they teach me patience, kindness, and an attitude of simplicity that I could definitely use.  When Webster is celebrating over a long-awaited good grade and I see that genuine smile, it all seems worth it.  When I walk into an "empty" classroom and all my kids suddenly spring out of nowhere, I remember that school doesn't have to lack fun and games.  When Holter points to a picture of Jesus on the cross and asks if he did something wrong, that is a conversation that I am more than willing to have.

  I am realizing that school is so much more than 7 class periods and recess.  It is my chance to show them what life is like, how to face it, and how Jesus will be with them every step of the way.  

Peace from the Tropics,

River