"To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."
— Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest
Good point.. got me there.
- Me: "You need to close your eyes when we pray, so that you're not distracted."
- Student: "Well, when I close my eyes all I see are kitties."
"I love cats so much, I just can’t stop drawing pictures of them."
— This is from the kid who every morning so far has had the prayer request that his cat, “Prudence” would not be afraid of him.
Two boys talking about what they can and cannot watch on TV
Student 1: I’m not allowed to watch Krat’s Creatures because Grammy says they speak rudely. Also I’m not allowed to watch The Electric Company.
Student 2: What? Why?
Student 1: Are you kidding me? Bluefoot! He’s like the scariest guy ever. I can’t even go to the bathroom without being afraid of him.
(so I found a picture of said Bluefoot…)
Getting the shivers from chalk
- This little guy gets the shivers when he uses chalk, but I think he got that confused with being physically cold.
- Student: Whenever I write on the chalkboard it makes me cold.
- Me: Oh, ok do you want to wear your jacket while we're writing one the chalkboards? Student: No, nothing can shield me from the freezing!
Playing Army
- Child 1: No, but my guys are infinity and they all have forcefields around them.
- Child 2: Then there's no way I'm going to fight you.
"There was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."
—
C. S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
"I bet when the nomads were alive they only knew how to write in cursive."
"I’ve actually been in a real fight once and I had to use my ninja talents."
