We have acquired a small kindergartner who pockets fish. I mean, we in my class, not we in my home. We acquire many things in my home, among them enormous non-functional clocks, antique toilets, broken rowing machines, microwave egg-poachers, and miscellaneous leather camera acessories, but we have yet to spontaneously acquire a child.
In my class, however, our job is to acquire children, so we've got this one. He's very sweet, but as Mrs. J. said today "just don't leave anything around you don't want him to have. Cause in his pockets it will go, whether it's alive or dead or whatever!" Apparently he tried to pocket various office supplies during his math lesson today, and he's already collared several goldfish, and is suspected of a frog.
The other day, Thomas, who is in second grade, asked me, "Miss Ginny, why do you wear a ring if you're not married?" I explained about which finger is the wedding-ring finger, and which fingers are just regular ring fingers.
"Well, why aren't you married?" Heather, a fifth grader, asked.
"She's only twenty-three!" Reggie, who is in fourth grade, exclaimed.
"No way!" Heather said. "I thought all teachers had to be old, like my mom! I didn't know some adults were young!"
I laughed. "Yep, I said. I like to think I'm still pretty young."
"But Miss Ginny," said Nathan, who's six, "Then when ARE you getting married?"
I thought for a minute. "When Clay Aiken asks me to," I said.
Gales of laughter from the fourth and fifth graders. "Miss Ginny and Clay Aiken sittin in a tree!" giggled Heather.
Nathan furrowed his brow. "Well, then," he finally said triumphantly. "I think Clay Aiken should hurry up and ask you and you should get MARRIED!"
"Nathan," I said, "I couldn't agree with you more."
In my class, however, our job is to acquire children, so we've got this one. He's very sweet, but as Mrs. J. said today "just don't leave anything around you don't want him to have. Cause in his pockets it will go, whether it's alive or dead or whatever!" Apparently he tried to pocket various office supplies during his math lesson today, and he's already collared several goldfish, and is suspected of a frog.
The other day, Thomas, who is in second grade, asked me, "Miss Ginny, why do you wear a ring if you're not married?" I explained about which finger is the wedding-ring finger, and which fingers are just regular ring fingers.
"Well, why aren't you married?" Heather, a fifth grader, asked.
"She's only twenty-three!" Reggie, who is in fourth grade, exclaimed.
"No way!" Heather said. "I thought all teachers had to be old, like my mom! I didn't know some adults were young!"
I laughed. "Yep, I said. I like to think I'm still pretty young."
"But Miss Ginny," said Nathan, who's six, "Then when ARE you getting married?"
I thought for a minute. "When Clay Aiken asks me to," I said.
Gales of laughter from the fourth and fifth graders. "Miss Ginny and Clay Aiken sittin in a tree!" giggled Heather.
Nathan furrowed his brow. "Well, then," he finally said triumphantly. "I think Clay Aiken should hurry up and ask you and you should get MARRIED!"
"Nathan," I said, "I couldn't agree with you more."
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