Kids say the darndest things

I love my students. And they love to talk. Here are just a few of their comments or questions I was able to jot down on post-its throughout the past three days that I thought you might enjoy. R=Rebecca S=Student

R: There are very few people who visit or live on Antarctica. The people who live on Antarctica are scientists and they only stay for a few months at a time. Can you think of some animals that live on Antarctica? Yes, very good. Penguins and seals.
S: When I went to Antarctica it wasn’t that cold.
R: You’ve been to Antarctica?
S: Yeah, with my dad and it wasn’t very cold.


S: Is Christmas haraam?


S: Why do we have to do work in school?
R: We come to school so that we can learn and that involves doing work.
S: Sighhh, I wish I could just wash cars for a living. That sounds like more fun than doing work.


S: If Venice doesn’t have any roads do the airplanes land in the water?


S: I hate being a twin.
R: Wow (student name), I didn’t know you are a twin.
S: I’m not.


S: You are a sheep.(this is one of the favorite insults in Arabic)


S: Miss, are you married?
R: No.
S: Why not?
R: Umm (pause)… look at that it’s time for our Spelling words of the week


S: YMCA (I'm not sure where this came from. My student said this upon returning from the bathroom.)


S: I don’t like you.
R: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that because I really like you.
S: I hurt your feelings?
R: A little bit but I'll be ok. I think it's great that you are expressing your feelings but it is also important to think about how our words can hurt people.
S: I'm sorry (makes a face which says the contrary) but I still don’t like you.


S: Is it really true that Allah has made us all brothers and sisters?


R: Another winter activity that people like to do on the Alps Mountains in Europe is snowshoeing.
S: I’ve done that!! With my dad, when he and I visited Antarctica!!