Heard in Room 3

Two of my favorite answers to the vocabulary questions last week...

Question: What activity makes you feel exhausted?
Answer: Walking from store to store in New York City makes me feel exhausted.

Question: What advice would you give to a friend who feels discouraged?
Answer: I would tell them to pray for themselves.

Ahhhh... the life of a private Christian school child is so difficult.

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Upon my return from Spring Break when I was tanner than usual...

B: Mrs. Haney, God made you beautiful, but you're so much better when your skin is brown.

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A few months back, while on playground duty, I had to deal with an altercation between two little boys with the same name. We'll call them both Cooper. I knew one of their last names (we'll say Smith), so I referred to him as Cooper Smith while dealing with the issue. I didn't know the other one's last name, so I did the smart thing and referred to him as Cooper Curly Hair because-- you guessed it-- he has curly hair. I try to be really sneaky and elusive with nicknames. Anyway, I saw Cooper Curly Hair last week while I was on playground duty. He went running by me and I decided to be friendly.

Me: Hi, Cooper!
Cooper: Hi, Mrs. Long Hair!

And that, my friends, is why I do what I do. Kids are awesome.

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While everyone is in the bathroom except for two of my boys. I am sitting at my computer desk next to one of their desks. He leans over and says...

"So, what did you have for breakfast this morning, fine lady?"*

*A quick disclaimer. I love talking life with my kids, so often times, we'll discuss what we had for dinner the night before or what we have for lunch on any given day. We also discuss TV shows, music, sports, and so on. I love learning about what makes them... well, them. I also consistently refer to them as ladies and gentleman. I think hope that a combination of these things is what prompted this question. Carry on.

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S: Mrs. Haney, five years ago, my dad had a mullet for his whole life.

During prayer requests...

S: Please pray for my mom's friend. She just got a divorcement.

B: Pray for my family. We're all still pretty sad that my rat died.
--I'm sorry, but for me, that would be a PRAISE YOU JESUS, HALLELUJAH! The rat, not the divorcement.

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J: I always have trouble mixing up the the Netherlands and the Netherglades.

Think he meant Everglades? :)

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While talking about the Winter Olympics...

A: My dad used to downhill ski in Korea. (Her dad is from Korea.)
Me: That's fun. I didn't know they had skiing in Korea.
A: Yeah. It's pretty much how he got to school everyday. Korea is really bumpy.

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J: I can't wait to grow up and be a ref because I know they can get free food from the snack bar.

D: Once I got food poisoning from the Chinese restaurant. They weren't giving us very good service.
Me: You got food poisoning because they weren't giving you good service?
D: Yup.

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J: When I grow up, I want to adopt a kid with Downs Syndrome.

Me: That's wonderful! What made you want to do that?

J: I don't know, I just like 'em!

S: Well, when I grow up, I want to adopt a midget!

Oh dear. Sweet moment totally ruined. Or maybe he just has a heart for the extraordinarily short-- we'll never really know.

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While talking about our favorite fruit...
A: My dad and I sit on the couch, eat oranges, and watch Bill O'Reilly.

N: At recess today, I ran like the dickens!

N: [When I run] Bobby is the only person that can rival me in speed and maneuverability.

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A: My grandpa is just not fun anymore.
Me: Why?
A: Well, he just got old and died.

Heard in Room 3: Episode 2

In Bible today, my students had to answer some questions with a complete sentence. One of the questions was, "Who do you respect?" These were some of my favorite answers and no, I did not change the spelling. Spell check is hating me right now but it's too hilarious to change.

J: I respekt my mom dad and teacher. I don't respekt them all the time but I try.

B: I respect my brother. I like him.

L: I repect my mom if she ask me.

S: I respect my mom when I get in trouble.

D: I respecit god he is the best.

Heard in Room 3: Episode 1

I think I am going to start a new series here on my blog and call it, "Heard in Room 3". There are so many hilarious things that happen in my classroom that I just have to share with the world. But don't worry, no actual names or personal information about these kids will ever be revealed. I may have a simple mind but I am smarter than that.

Okay. Episode 1.

We always pray before taking a test (I teach at a Christian school). Usually I pray, but today I asked for a volunteer. Enter "N". I love it when this kid prays. He is so genuine and prays in a sing-song voice and always thanks Jesus for our "fun day" so far. It is so precious.

N: Dear Lord, thank you that we have had such a fun day so far. Please help us to do well on our test and not rush through it but not be as slow as snails either. Amen!

Bless his heart. Third grade eloquence is so endearing.

That's all. I will just be giving you some awesome quotes from children because who doesn't love hearing the things kids say? And as a bonus, I thought I would include some pictures of my classroom from the beginning of the year. Hope you enjoy them!

Welcome to my classroom! (I have blurred some things for privacy.)

Outside of my room. I love apples but you won't catch me wearing an apple-embroidered jumper anytime soon. FYI, not a problem if you like to wear jumpers. I won't judge.

Yes, I have gerbils and no, I have never touched them.

Looking into my classroom, aka my second home-- not by choice.

My whiteboard which I rarely use anymore. Thank you, SMARTboard!

My magnificent SMARTboard. I love you.

The view from my desk.

Our little nook with the kid's cubbies.

Hope you enjoyed the tour! And just for the record, they were not "slow as snails" during their test. I'd say "fast like cheetahs" would be more accurate.