the other day in reading group (ok, it was closer to 2 weeks ago) we were reading a story called "the best day." after we had finished reading it, one of the boys stuck his hand in the air and said, "MISS HERNANDEZ! (first graders speak in all caps...at least the boys do) THE WORST DAY OF THE WEEK IS MONDAY!" i smiled and was about to say something when another boy added, "YEAH, BUT THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK IS FRIDAY!"
how do they know this? they're only 6 years old! but speaking of bad days...
today was definitely not the best. i had a ridiculously high number of kids in trouble for-you guessed it-talking. there were even two boys who haven't gotten in trouble all year, but when i told them to stop talking, they started right back up again. i'm not a big fan of disobedience. so when i told them to pull a card, there were tears. one of the boys, however, had a slightly different perspective:
as we were getting ready to go home, he came up to me and told me that he wouldn't get in trouble at home for what happened at school. i know for a fact that his parents discipline him, so i asked him why he wouldn't get in trouble. he calmly shrugged and said, "because i'm already in trouble!" it turns out he got in trouble because his writing grades haven't been too great-not because he has bad handwriting, but because he isn't trying hard enough and rushes through his work. so i guess he got a free pass since he was already in trouble. ah, first grade logic. i love it!
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I dont think its only first graders, I deal with many "adults" that have the very same logic.
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