Schoolteachers on their little students

When preparing to teach about Abraham Lincoln, I asked my class if anyone knew whose birthday we celebrate this week. After they named everyone in the class, I helped them out by giving them a clue: ‘He was a very famous man and is no longer living’. Someone chimed up ‘Elvis!’

One year we had the chief of police visit our class. One little girl said, ‘Do you know my uncle, cause he steals at stores!’ The chief raised his eyebrow and said, ‘Oh really? What is his name?’ When the child told him her uncle’s name, he replied, ‘You’re right! I do know him!’ Child: Miss Wilson, I know how to tell which is my right hand!

Miss Wilson: You do? How? Child: It’s the one that smells like crayons!

On the bus coming back to school from a field trip, one boy needed to go to the bathroom. Knowing that we were only about three minutes from school, I thought it would help to get his mind off of it. I said, ‘Do you think there will be many tourists this weekend?’ He replied, ‘I don’t really care about that right now, Miss. I just care if this light up here is going to be green or red!’