kids write the darndest things

week three.

we're still in "new year" mode. classes are still shifting; kids are moving around. it can be frustrating too. one day my marketing class had 21 students, and the next it had jumped to 32. that's a 50% increase in one day! basically, i had to start the class all over again.

the kids are starting to look like actual people instead of just teenage clones. this is when it starts to get fun - they open up more and show their true colors (this, clearly, can be good and bad). i find myself, even this early in the year, forming bonds with these young pups. they have unique ideas and they have a lot to say if you take the extra few minutes to stop teaching them and let them teach you.

today, my day of classes concluded with a hearty chuckle. i was in my computer lab and we were wrapping things up for the day. i was sitting at my desk getting ready to head downstairs at the bell along with the kids, and i looked up to see one of my girls hovering at my desk. she sits in one of the far corners of the lab and is on the quieter side, so i had yet to really have much contact with her by this point. a petite brunette with large animated eyes, i knew it would only be a matter of time before this youngster shared a part of her personality with me.

"what's up, megan?" i asked. "miss. r, can i write something on the board?" she asked me and pointed to the white board behind me.

"uh, ok...exactly what do you want to write?"

"just want to add onto that." she said and pointed to the word "princess" that was already written on the board. i honestly don't know why the word was written up there, but i don't teach every class in there and it happened during one of the few periods that i am in my other classroom. "well, ok...." and turned to supervise. (you learn quickly that you must always closely monitor anything that adolescents write, especially on a highly visual medium.)

after "princess" she added the letters "a-b-l-e," set the marker down, and turned to me expectantly. am i supposed to understand this? princessable? i repeated it aloud and she grinned proudly. i still didn't get it. help me out, megan.

she saw my confusion. "you know, like we have here." (huh?)

with a look that screamed 'c-MON, teacher!' she elaborated on her little creation: "like a PRINCE-ABLE [principal], here we have a PRINCESS-ABLE [princess-ipal]," referencing our new female principal this year.

ahhhh, clever. i admit, sometimes these little minds have some pretty cute ideas. too funny.

speaking of funny....please watch this. it basically had me laughing all weekend. not responsible for tunes stuck in heads. and this will get stuck in your head. you can thank me later.

click this. i will figure out how to embed video later.