Christian: "Look at my motorcycle belt."
John: "You should get a monster car belt!"
Miss Brave, joking around: "Do you think I should get a monster car belt?"
John: "No! Because monster cars are for boys, and you're a girl!"
Miss Brave: "But I like monster cars. Girls aren't allowed to like monster cars?"
John: "What about monster trucks? Do you like monster trucks?"
Miss Brave: "Sure, I like monster trucks."
John: "But you can't drive it. Because it's too big."
Miss Brave: "Well, can you drive a monster truck?"
John: (nods)
Miss Brave: "But who's bigger? Miss Brave or John? If I'm bigger than you and I can't drive the monster truck, how can you drive the monster truck?"
John: "When I'm eleventy old, I'll be big enough for my feet to reach the pedals."
4 comments:
hysterical... and oh so true. its calendar time and i ask, "does anyone have any questions about our day?" the response: "my dad's birthday is on Monday." me: "ok, i bet you have lots planned for him. does anyone have a QUESTION about our day?" response: "my birthday is in two weeks." arrghgh!
"Does anybody have any questions?" is one of the most dangerous things you can say in an elementary school.
eleventy!!!! hehehe, that made me crack up so much that i read the conversation out loud to peter.
Hello fellow NYC Educator. I couldn’t figure out how else to contact you, so I am leaving a comment not specifically relevant to your blog entry. I want to invite you and your readers to attend an upcoming education “unconference” , sponsored by an NYC teacher-run non-profit organization, Open Educator. Please see the description below. Any publicity help you can provide on your blog would be greatly appreciated! Hope to see you and some of your readers there.
Thanks!
Jennifer Stillman
co-founder, Open Educator
EduCamp NYC is a gathering born from the desire by teachers, researchers, and technology specialists in K-12 education to share and learn in an open and powerfully-networked environment. All workshops are scheduled the day they happen, and are lead by conference attendees. Attendees are strongly encouraged to give a demo, run a session, lead a discussion, or help with one, or otherwise volunteer / contribute in some way to support the event. The people present at the event will select the workshops they want to attend. Pre-event planning will take place using the barcamp wiki. The event will be run using Open Space Technology. Conference notes and post-conference teamwork will take place using the curriculum collaboration tool, www.openplanner.org. RSVP at www.educampnyc.org
Event Details:
* When: Saturday, December 1st, 10AM - 4PM, followed by happy hour
* Where: Teachers College, 120th between Broadway and Amsterdam, Rm. 285 Grace Dodge Hall
* Cost: Free, including breakfast and lunch
With Networking and learning opportunities for all!
Veteran teachers:
o Show-off your repertoire.
o Learn new tricks.
o Forge a collaborative curriculum project.
o Feel out new job opportunities with school leaders.
New teachers:
o Connect with mentors in your subject area.
o Find a school that fits.
School leaders:
o Experience a teacher-led model for professional development.
o Build early relationships with new teacher candidates.
Education researchers:
o Present and explore educational theories with practitioners.
o Recruit a subject group.
Education Technology Specialists:
o Powow with others doing cutting-edge work in the Web 2.0 instructional realm.
THE RULES OF EDUCAMP
When you come, be prepared to share with educampers.
When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world
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