Today one of my children came in late. She had to get a cavity filled and the poor thing, her mouth was swollen coming into lunch. Unsure if she was even chewing correctly, she decided to save her lunch for later because she thought that her food was falling out of her mouth, which it wasn't. As the day moved on and the medicine was wearing off; her mouth began to hurt. Unsure of what to do, we tried a few things, but it really didn't work. I finally told her I didn't know how to help her, so another student responds, "Well, I know something."
"Okay," at this point I need some advice, and I was somehow willing to hear a fourth grader's idea. Maybe this probably wasn't the best choice.
"Well, once I hurt my mouth and so my parents gave me a little bit of alcohol to make it better."
"I cannot give her alcohol."
The child responds back hearing what the other child said, "WHAT???"
I quickly lined the class up to go to special and took the child to the office for a fresh new set of ideas, this time from adults.
On a side note to add to the comments of children thinking I'm old, I was also asked if games were invented yet when I was a kid.
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