Kidioms.
Lately my kids have been struck by the funny bug.
Tuesday morning, I was guiding them through an ‘idea map’ that would help them to chart ideas for their writing assignment on Friday. The topic this week was “When I grow up…”. The obvious question was to state whether ‘I will/will not have a husband/wife’. In turn, each child announced their intentions until only Melissa was left, my sweet-natured, obsessively-neat, slow-learner. She practically sang out her answer bearing a broad smile, “I will have a wife!”
After confirmation and reconfirmation with her about the meaning of ‘wife’, I began to giggle to myself, which sparked the kids’ curiousity and their own laughter. Sunny, the alpha-female who craves attention, bellowed out, “WHAT is so funny teacher?”, to which I began to laugh harder with tears welling up in my eyes.
My state only worsened when I noticed that airhead Zoe, our ‘artiste’, was sitting in the corner of the room, drawing a picture and singing happily to herself: “Girl and girl marry! Girl and girl marry!”
It was at that moment that I was forced to take a brief time out in the hall to regain my composure. No sooner had I set foot back in the door did Sunny begin her interrogation, “Teacher, what is SO FUNNY?” To which I replied, “Sunny, I can’t explain so that you’ll understand.” At that moment, Candy, our know-it-all princess in the corner, didn’t miss a beat as she cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted “It’s because Melissa wants a WIFE!” to which the whole class burst out into giggles and Melissa skipped proudly to her cubby, basking in all the attention.
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Fast forward to today, where after their nap and lunch and I rejoin the class in the afternoon. We are arranging the tables in their proper places. Joey and Zoe have taken either end of one table – while Joey is holding his end waist-high, Zoe is pushing hers above her head with antagonizing giggles. Joey is a bright boy but a bit of a hothead – and in his usual fashion, he dramatically drops his end, puts his hands on his hips and exclaims:
“Zoe, you are TERRIBLE and MISPOSSIBLE!”
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Amusedly, Laura.
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