overheard in the classrOom and more :: politically cOrrect kids

Politically Correct Kids

me (while telling an anecdote in class): There was this fat lady seated beside me in the fast craft during the weekend…

three 9-year-old kiddos: (cut off my line, in unison) hala ka Sir….

me: (grins) Okay, okay. There was this healthy lady seated beside me…

 --during a first period class in the morning

Communication Innovation Powered by Technology Tour I

8-year-old kid on the way to the backseat of the tour bus: Oh! This is like a movie scene! We are like those bad kids who stay in the backseat of the bus!

kid walking behind: Oh, yea! Bullies!

me (walking behind): So, who are you planning to bully?

kids: (laugh out loud, showing incomplete milk teeth)

  --on the way to y101 fm

 

 

Communication Innovation Powered by Technology Tour II

bored 8-year-old loner kid on the bus, on the way to ABS-CBN: Sir, how many more minutes before we get there?

me: less than 20 minutes

kid: Can I sleep?

me: sure

(Kid reclines the chair, closes eyes, leans on the curtain, and after a few seconds…)

kid: Zzzzzzzz

Overheard in SchoOl

Overheard in School by my other 9-year-old kiddos & more

The 9-year-old Matchmaker

9-year-old: Sir, right, you love reading books?

me: Yup. Why do you ask?

                           9-year-old: (gets excited, with glow in the eyes) I have a Tita who also loves reading books. You know, you can be soul mates! (ahem. future CEO sa dating.com)

Sir, are you an American?

7-year-old:(Boy raises hand in the middle of my Grade One Reading class.) Sir, excuse me…

me: Yes (insert name)?

7-year-old: Sir, are you an American?

me: (grins, presses own chin) No. Why do you want to know?

7-year-old: …because you speak like one.     

 (--NAX! during the first day of school)

 --cycle: motorcycle, unicycle, popsicle! 

me: Anybody else who can give me a word with the suffix –cycle?

9-year-old: (raises hands) …bicycle!

me: That’s right! Do I see another hand? Yes (insert name)? What do you have?

9-year-old: (thinks for a split-second, then blurts out an answer with conviction) POPSICLE!

(class laughs out loud)

me: (tries to be poker-faced) Nice try (insert name). What about another word…

 Goosebumps in my Stomach

teacher A: This is my first time to be in Card Day.

teacher B: I see.

teacher A:  I’m nervous…

teacher B:  Please don’t be. You know, even though if I’ve been doing this for so many years, I still have goose bumps in my stomach.

--overheard by me, seated tables away

One of the reasons why I won’t trade the Lower Elementary Grades for any other level.

Inspired by a website. From memory, I will start entries like this, in between classes.