Roadkill Barbie

Have you ever wondered what children share with teachers? Yeah, I can answer that almost anything they hear that sounds the slightest bit interesting to them. These are things that a parent could have said to another adult and gets repeated by a fourth grader who probably has no idea what they are saying. Then there are things that they hear on television and the radio. An opening to a conversation that you know you will hear something you probably didn't want to hear, usually starts off something like this, "Ms. J. did you know?"

Today's conversation started like this, "Ms. J. I have TWO things to tell you!"

Oh, boy not just one but two things. So, they continue, "The first I heard on tv and the second on the radio."

Matthew continues, "Did you know in our state, that if you hit something, you can keep the roadkill and eat it."

Thinking in my head, I have once heard this. Benedict responds, "That is gross!" Matthew on the other hand didn't seem too disgusted by it.

"So, the second thing I heard on the radio. There was this woman and her husband made her mad, so she went to kick him, but instead fell through the window in front of a salon. Now she is suing the salon because she is saying that some of her items were stolen from her purse. You know if she didn't try to kick her husband she wouldn't have fell through the window."

I really do not know why I am choosing this to write about, I guess it is because of what happened on my way home today. As I was driving home a barbie doll came flying out the window in the car in front of me causing me to swerve my car, so that I did not run Barbie over. I immediately thought about Matthew and his story about roadkill.