Community Chat

[Lindsays Grandma]

1.   "How do you spell toad?" one first grade student asked.  "We just had a story about a toad" the teacher said, then helped him spell it, "T-O-A-D."  Satisfied, the student finished writing the story he'd begun, then read it aloud.  "I toad my mama wanted a dog for my birthday.

2.   When a child's towel was missing during a school swimming trip, an irate parent demanded of the teacher, "What kind of juvenile delinquents are in the class with my child?"  "I'm sure it was taken accidentally," the teacher said.  "What does it look like?"  "It's white," said the parent, "And it says Holiday Inn on it,

3.   On the last day of the school year, the first graders gave a teacher beautiful handwritten letters.  As she read them aloud, her emotions got the better of her, and she started to choke up.  "I'm sorry," she said, "I'm having a hard time reading."  One of the students said, "Just sound it out,"

4.   During the first meeting with her physically challenged students, the teacher assured them that most people are handicapped in some way.  "Look at me," she said.  "My eyes are so bad I have to wear glasses.  "Because I can barely hear, I need a hearing aid.  And look at my ears - they are much bigger than they should be."  From the back a boy added, "And your nose too."