Were pictures in color when you were a kid?

On the last day of each week, my class and I will take time for pros and cons of school for the week. It is a nice wrap up for the week and we can discuss ways to improve our cons. Because tomorrow is a workday, we had our pros and cons today, on Thursday.

Yesterday, one of my students asked me if pictures were in color when I was a kid! Okay, I'm in my mid-twenties, I couldn't believe the child just asked me that. Today I decided to bring in a picture and said my con for the week was that one of my students thought I was too old to have pictures in color when I was a kid. Everyone laughed. I then pulled out a picture of when I was in fourth grade, in color. The children passed it around, this was a big deal for them!

When Godwin got the picture, (yes, you will probably see this name often), he says, "Wow, this picture is eighteen years old."

I responded back "What, I'm not that old."

So, he goes to correct himself, "Oh, I'm sorry, the picture is twenty years old."

I decided this was a good time to take out a new picture of when I made my first communion, Godwin was digging himself in a hole and making me older by the second. I passed out one of my first communion pictures standing with my brother, who is nine years older. I had just turned seven before my first communion and so my brother was sixteen in the picture.

Blane sees the picture and says aloud, "Oh, my gosh your brother is a lot older than you."

I do agree with Blane, in fact growing up with my brother, I viewed him more as a parent figure. Ever since I can remember he was always a teenager or older. But Blane doesn't stop there, I then hear him say, "He must be sixty now!"

REALLY, SIXTY! That would mean, I'm 51. Oh, this is only getting worse.

The Moral of the Story: Do not prove that your not old to your students. It only makes you appear even older than what they originally thought, just accept the fact that they think you are old. Just remember to believe deep down that you aren't!