Being 21

Student # 1:  I want to be married so bad Ms. Sabio!
Me: Why?
Student #1: Because I want to be 21, that's why!

Student # 2:  Well, you need to be an adult to be 21 and to be married, when you have old skin.

Cup of...

While working on this word retrieval exercise, I was having this client fill in the blank.

Me: A cup of....
Client: Water! or lemonade!  Or you know that thing that makes people drunk....oh alcohol!

She seemed so proud of herself that she remembered that!  She went on...

Client:  No wait, a cup doesn't make people drunk, a bottle of alcohol does!  I know it's true, I've seen it on TV!

What the heck is this 11 year old watching??  

Sorting Parts of Speech

A group and I were deciding what parts of speech different words were, and the card "ugly" came up, and this is how that strange conversation went...

Me: Put the word ugly in a sentence.
Student # 1:  A baby's face is ugly.
Me: What?  That's not very nice!
Student # 2:  I got one!
Me:  OK, go ahead.
Student # 2: Grandma is ugly!
Me:  That's not very nice either!
Student # 2:  OK, Grandma is not ugly, just her foot!

So hard to keep from laughing at this point...

Student #2:  I have another one!  Drunk guys are ugly.  You know that ones that drink all the alcohol?
Me:  You think drunk guys are ugly?
Student # 2:  Well, not all drunk guys are ugly.  Some of them are handsome, the ones in bow tie shirts.

One of the funniest sessions I've had in awhile.  I'm just glad they were using the word correctly.    

Passing Notes

I got these notes today from a couple of students.  They speak for themselves.  One of the many reasons I keep coming back to work.  I absolutely love my job. 

Don't Put all your Eggs in one Basket

While discussing this proverb with a student, I was giving an example of not applying to just one college, but a few just in case.

Me: So where do you want to go to college after high school?
Student:  Oh, I've had enough school...
Me: What do you mean?
Student:  You know, I've already done preschool, elementary school, middle school, and now high school.  I'm just done!

Haha!  He has a point, that is a lot of school years under his belt!

Ultimate Band Wagoner

One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is football band wagoners:

Student:  Did you watch the Superbowl?
Me: Of course I did!  Did you?
Student: I did, who did you root for?
Me: I was hoping the Seahawks would beat the Broncos.
Student:  Oh my dad was rooting for the Broncos and so I did too.  But then I saw them losing really badly so I decided to root for the other team and when they won, I was so happy!!!  (he was genuinely excited!)

I would love to dislike this kid for switching teams WITHIN a game, but I just couldn't!