This week my class is reading, "The Case of Pablo's Nose." I get excited every time my class reads this particular story out of their text. It reminds me of my fourth grade year and my addiction to the Encyclopedia Brown series. I shared my excitement with the story to the children in the class and Cronius' response was, "Ms. J. you must have read the Encyclopedia Brown books ages ago." Again, I'm only 26, now I'm ages old. You have to love children though and devoted little students, because when Cronius made his comment, Celine yells back, "JERK!"
"Celine." I say quickly back.
"What Ms. J.? He was being mean to you. You are not ages old."
I thank Celine, but tell her that we can't yell out words like that in class.
Today I also gave the students a writing assignment. They had to pick one famous person they would like to make sculpture of and write why they selected this person. I got a very wide selection of people: Louis Armstrong, Johnny Depp, Michael Jackson, Selina Gomez, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington. Of course you can't leave out teen celebrity, Justin Bieber. While the children were trying to figure out who they were going to pick, one of the children was trying to remember that guy's name with the hair. I quickly recalled hearing on the radio Justin Bieber pays $18,000 for a haircut. I asked if they were talking about Justin Bieber. Raphael then asks, "You know who Justin Bieber is?"
"Yes."
"Do you find him attractive?"
"No."
"Why?"
"I'm not attracted to teenage boys."
"Oh, that make sense. Were you attracted to teenage boys like Justin Bieber when you were a teenager?"
Yikes, this is getting bad. Sorry to say that tomorrow I will be out of the classroom and will not have any funny stories to share. :(
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