[android8]

An anecdote from work�.:

I had the firstgraders one day, and was reading aloud to them while they were drawing. Two boys in the back kept talking and giggling, even though I had told them to keep quiet. Being a firstgrader means you have a lot of energy and an extremely bad short memory (or a highly selective memory), so it didn�t take them long before they forgot to keep quiet. To get their attention, I knocked my desk hard three times with my knuckles, - which resulted in all 20 firstgraders turning their little heads towards the door and shout �COME IN!!!�
I almost bit my tongue off to keep myself from laughing out loud.
I had a very hard time convincing them, that it in fact was me, that had been knocking. They argued, that since I was already sitting in the room, it couldn�t possibly be me, that had knocked on the door�..! Hmmm�good thinking!

[gorickey]

[boardsurfer]

sounds like an argument my son would make. A first grader will always amaze you with their thought process.

[ryju]

You should have said it was a ghost that'd teach em!!

[mitchell_pgh]

I'm sorry, this is the MacNN lounge. It's reserved for such topics as:

- My God is better then your God
- My political party is superior to your political party
- My country is better then your country
- My Mac is the best
- My Mac is the worst
- That's it, I'm going to buy a Dell

and all their subsidiaries.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally posted by ryju:
You should have said it was a ghost that'd teach em!!

Boys and girls, that was the devil and he will come and take you away if you don't listen to me.



I like the story... takes me back to when I was a teacher.

[ryju]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I'm sorry, this is the MacNN lounge. It's reserved for such topics as:

- My God is better then your God

and all their subsidiaries.

He should tell them it was THE DEVIL!!

[android8]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I'm sorry, this is the MacNN lounge. It's reserved for such topics as:

- My God is better then your God
- My political party is superior to your political party
- My country is better then your country
- My Mac is the best
- My Mac is the worst
- That's it, I'm going to buy a Dell

and all their subsidiaries.

Hmmm....how about: MY FIRSTGRADERS ARE THE COOLEST FIRSTGRADERS IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE...

[android8]

Originally posted by ryju:
He should tell them it was THE DEVIL!!

A colleague of mine tried another approach...He told them he had this really rare medical condition, that would cause his ears to fall off if they all were too loud...BAD IDEA....(I could have told him beforehand...truely a moronic idea)....At first they were a little scared and intimidated, but eventually figured it would look cool if their teachers ears fell off...

[cszar2001]

Nice story. It`s one of the greatest adventures to watch a human mind developing.

[ironknee]

that was cute

[dampeoples]

So...all the kooky stuff my kid tells me when she gets home...is TRUE!
It's her last day of school today, moving on to second grade! I never thought I'd be proud of someone who learned such simple stuff!

[Zimphire]

Best Post Ever.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally posted by android8:
Hmmm....how about: MY FIRSTGRADERS ARE THE COOLEST FIRSTGRADERS IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE...

Nope, sorry. Perhaps the: My firstgraders are smarter then any other first graders because they love God... or because they are all Democrats.

Come on, get with the program!

[Peter]

[nredman]

funny story, cute kids. you should have pulled out the South Park, quiet down or i'll shoot the little bunny

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally posted by nredman:
funny story, cute kids. you should have pulled out the South Park, quiet down or i'll shoot the little bunny

5 year old kids are killers. You need to be a special person to take on 20-30 of them all at once. Beer helps.