Word Finding...again

At the end of one of my sessions, I was just talking out loud...

Me: Oh I have a dull headache right now...
Client:  Yeah, me too.  I have a "grain."

She rubs the back of her neck.

Me (chuckling): Do you mean migraine?
Client:  Yeah, that's what I mean.

She obviously has heard the word before and bless her heart for trying to use it correctly in context.  At least now she knows the right term.

Laughing is the Best Medicine, or is it?

I was working in a small group one day when one of the girls was particularly giggly.  

Me: You're burning a lot of calories right now laughing!
Girl: How?
Me:  When you laugh, you're using your abdominal muscles.  
Girl: What, are you calling me fat?!

Sigh...oh teenage girls, lol. 

TMI

This particular student has shared with me that he and his gf have been on and off and that this upcoming weekend they were going to go away to Marina Del Rey with his parents.  I guess they were back "on."

Me: How was Marina Del Rey with your girlfriend?
Student:  It was good.  We slept together.
Me: ??????

I know he meant they slept together in the same bed, but that is STILL something I DON'T NEED TO KNOW!

Me:  Ok, that is something you don't tell your teacher!

I felt like I needed to clean out my ears after that! :-/ lol

Movie Review

While discussing what we did over summer vacation...

Student 1:  I watched Epic over summer vacation.
Me:  Oh, is that a movie?
Student 1: Yeah.
Student 2: Oh I watched Epic too!
Me: What did you think of it?
Student 2:  It was pretty epic.

If you had any doubt whether or not to watch Epic, I hope that cleared it up :-)

Being Asian

Within a week I had two conversations about me being Filipino.

Student:  Ms. Sabio, what's your descent?
Me: Oh, I'm Filipino.
Student:  Ok, that means you're Asian sometimes.
Me: Actually, I'm Asian all the time.

Haha...now that I think about it, maybe he's right.  Sometimes, I don't know if I'm Asian or Pacific Islander.  Filipino's are Asian right??

Here's another conversation I had:

Student: Ms. Sabio, are you Asian?
Me: Yes, yes I am.
Student:  What kind? Like Korean?
Me: No, I'm Filipino.
Student: Oh!  Are you parents Filipino?
Me: Yes, yes they are!
Student:  Are your parents still alive?
Me: Yes, they are still alive.
Student: Do you think they'd like us?
Me: I think they'd like you very much!
Student:  Cool.  Asians are so cool!
Me:  What makes Asians cool?
Student:  They just have awesome faces and they have Asian eyes.  Man, I wish I was Asian.

You can't tell by this conversation, but he is one of the sweetest kids I've ever met!

Take Notes

I was in classroom where kids were working in small groups when one of the girls walks up to me and says:

Girl:  Excuse me, I have a question.

Me: Yes?

Girl:  I want to grow my hair down to here (motions to her waist), how long do you think it'll take? (she has a short do right now, super cute I think!!)

Me:  It'll be some time, but if you want it grow long and healthy, you need to trim it often.

Girl:  Trim it?  What does that mean?

Me:  Cut off the split ends.

Girl:  Do I have any split ends? (spins around to show me the back of her hair).

Me:  Nope you're good.  Why do you want to grow your hair long, you have the cutest bob!

Girl: I just want it to grow long.  How often do I trim it?

Me: about every six week? (I guessed, I'm no hair expert, I get my haircuts at Fantastic Sam's!)

Girl: Ok ( and she goes back to her seat).

A few minutes later...

Girl: How often again do I need to trim my hair so it'll be healthy?

Me: About 6-8 week I would say.

Girl (she takes out a piece of paper and a pencil):  Ok, I've GOT to write that down!

So cute!  I think she is going to be one of my favorites:-)

Presidential Lesson

This entry will not do this anecdote justice, this was definitely a situation where you HAD to be there.  I'll do my best to recreate the conversation.  Try to follow, I honestly had a hard time.  

While discussing how the words "candidate" and "vote" are related to my 11 year old client:  

Me:  Who is our president?

Client:  I'm not sure.

Me:  It's Barack Obama.

Client (with a shocked look on her face): I thought he was dead! 

I was shocked to hear her say that, but after thinking about it, she probably thought I meant Osama??

Me: Not, he's not dead, he's our president.  Before he became president he was a "candidate," someone who runs for office, and people had to "vote," or pick him to become president.

Client: Oh.... Isn't there another president? With dark skin?

Me: No, Obama has been the only president that is African American.

Client: No, what about the one that freed the slaves?  Isn't he president?

Me: He WAS president but he wasn't African American.  That was Abraham Lincoln and he was white.  

Client:  What about the other president,  the one who was on the bus that said "heck no I'm not getting off this bus!"

At this point, I'm laughing out loud!

Me: That is Rosa Parks and she was never president.  

I've got to hand it to this client.  Everyone she talked about in this little conversation had SOMETHING to do with politics, granted she jumped decades and centuries, and had her facts a little mixed up, but she was technically on topic??  I'm just hoping she got the lesson on how "candidate" and "vote" go together! :-)