I thought it might be time for a few laughs and smiles. I have to admit that is probably one of the best aspects of my job. We tend to laugh and smile quite a lot in Spanish class. Below are the wonderful quotes from students that I have happened to remember to write down. I love that I got this idea from my friend,
Ann.
I would have to say that I have had some very philosophical conversations happening in my classroom this year. I always stay out of them and love to see how they pan out. Another interesteing theme this year has been my singleness. Why is Ms. Houston not married? Will she ever get married? Why does she not have a man?
Enjoy! I sure loved rereading them...
“He is a big creator?” --2nd grader
“Look at my Spanish earrings!” --1st grader on her first day with huge clip on hoop earrings
“Ms. Houston, why does your breath smell minty?”
“I lost my teacher. People were chitter chatting. We lost our computer teacher too. I am going to tell my mom to change me, but don’t worry because I am still going to come to Spanish. Too many people made me get in trouble today.” --1st grader
“Oh Oscar, please chase me!” --1st grader on the playground
“There is a cheetah out here!” --1st grader on the playground
“Did you see that blue guy?” --1st grader on the playground
“It smells like bleu cheese in there. You know because bleu cheese is stinky and there is a stinky smell in there.” --1st grader about my classroom
“Today it smells like macaroni bleu cheese.” --same 1st grader as above
“He accidentally kissed me.” --1st grader (because accidental kisses happen?)
“I have to keep it on for 4.6 weeks.” --1st grader after asking him how long he had to keep his sling on for his collar bone
“I usually like to slide down there, but not today because of my dress. Everyone will see my panties if I do it.” --1st grader on the playground
After commenting what a good memory she had, “I know. I even remember that my grandma was sick the day I was born. She had to wear a mask so that she could come see me.” --1st grader (I remember the day I was born too. My memory is great!)
“Ms. Houston you aren’t married?!?! But you will be someday, right?!?!” --3rd grader
5th grade conversation:
Student 1: “Ms. Houston what do you want to be when you grow up?”
Student 2: “She is grown up. She is a teacher.”
Student 1: “Are you more than 22 Ms. Houston?”
Ms. Houston: “Si, en diciembre cumplo 28.”
Student 1: “Wow you don’t look that old.”
Ms. Houston: “You just made my day. Good answer! But, when I grow up I want to be a mom.”
Student 2: “Are you married Ms. Houston?”
Ms. Houston: “No.”
Student 2: “You aren’t married?!?! Do you have a boyfriend?”
Ms. Houston: “No.”
Student 2: “So how do you think you are ever going to be a mom if you don’t even have a boyfriend?”
Ms. Houston: “I can have hopes can’t I? I can dream, right?”
Student 2: “Yea, I guess so.”
Conversation with a 1st grade student:
1st grader: “These are not my real clothes. These are not my real clothes!”
Ms. Houston: “What happened to your real clothes?”
1st grader: “I peed on them.”
2nd grade conversation:
Student 1: “Did you know that Michael Jackson was born brown? He was not born white. He first changed his face and then changed the rest of his body.”
Student 2: “He changed himself? Why would anyone ever do that? Why would you want to change yourself? Why? I will never want to change myself.”
Student 3: “He didn’t like how he looked.”
Student 1: “Do you know why he changed himself? He wanted to get more money. When he went to Germany people knew that he was not from Germany.
Student 3: “He was not from Germany.”
Student 1: “I know, but when he changed himself people thought he was from Germany so then he could sell more tickets and get more money. He used to be brown and then changed to be white like my color.”
Student 2: “But who does that? Why would you want to change yourself? I just don’t understand why someone would do that!”
Student 3: “Do you know how they did it? It was like he was getting shots in his skin. That is why he died. He wanted to change himself.”
Student 3: “Did you know that some people are burned when they die?”
Student 1: “Yes, you can choose when you die to be buried in the ground or burned.”
“I always steal my dad’s beer. I gulp it right up!” --1st grader
“I always wear my mom’s skirts.” --1st grade boy
“I think I am going to die of a heart attack from eating too many spicy Cheetos!” --5th grader
“Ms. Houston you have so much gray hair and you aren’t even married, right? You better hurry up with that before you run out of time.” --3rd grader (thank you for the reminder)
1st grader: “Ms. Houston I am going to give you my bucket.”
Me: “What do you mean?”
1st grader: “You know, give you my bucket.”
Me: “Oh you mean fill my bucket. How are you going to do that?”
1st grader: “Like this.”
I then got a BIG warm hug around my waste. We had read
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids at the beginning of the school year.
Conversation on the track:
Student: “You’ve run 11 laps?!?!”
Me: “Yes, working on 12 now.”
Student: “How many are you going to do?”
Me: “20.”
Student: “I dare you to do 30…”
Me: “Maybe one of these days I will!” ;)
3rd grader 1: “A person who is really sarcastic is a sarcaster.”
3rd grader 2: “No, it’s a sarcastee.”
3rd grader 3: “No, it’s just a sarcastic person.”
“I love you!” --1st grader
1st grade conversation (there were so many of them involved in this conversation it was hard to keep track of who was saying what):
“Where did the animals come from?”
“God!”
“We came from monkeys. Is it possible for us to change back into monkeys now?”
“Here is a question about history that I just don’t know. Where did the animals come from if before there was nothing? I mean they didn’t just appear out of nothing.”
“God!”
“Ask Ms. Houston, she knows.” (let’s keep Ms. Houston out of this one)
“But there is more than one god you know. There are many gods and girl gods are called goddesses.”
“It all started with a big bang!”
2nd grader: “Ms. Houston where is your man?”
Me: “What do you mean ‘my man’?”
2nd grader: “You know, your man!”
Me: “I don’t have a man.”
Another 2nd grader: “Well you don’t have a wife do you?”
“My mom is an expert at spanking. You don’t want to mess with my mom.” --5th grader
“Ms. Houston my heart hurts. But, don’t worry. It’s better now.” --1st grader
“Easy, peezy, lemon, squeezy.” --1st grader
Student 1: “Ms. Houston you look REALLY tired.”
Me: “Do I really look that bad?”
Student 1: “Yea, it’s in your eyes.”
Student 2: “Yea, you have really dark circles.”
Thank you so much. You just made my day so much better. ;)
Student 1: “Justin Timberlake is like the worst person I ever met.”
Student 2: “Yea, he is so perverted.”
Student 1: “No, he is just so wrong.”
“You’re a nice teacher.” --1st grader
Me: “Como estas?”
Student: “Emocionado porque Soren let me use his glasses because I can’t see.”
Student 1: “Are you sure you don’t need the glasses to go to the bathroom?”
Student 2: “Yes, don’t worry. I will be fine.”
Student 1 (after a few moments with a great look or worry and sigh of exasperation): “I don’t think he will be okay without the glasses. He is blinded.”
5th grader 1: “You get to drink beer in college.”
5th grader 2: “Yea and in Texas you can use guns.”
“I am freezing out here!” (It was about 48 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius) this past week in Doha. We were cold in the desert!)
