09 December 2005

the "little genius" english academy

setting: tuesday morning. math day.

erin: okay, so the answer is 18 + 18. so what is 18 + 18?

tiffany: 11!

erin: no.

kayla: 19!

erin: no.

peter: 26!

erin: wow peter. that's close, but no.

matt: 27!

erin: no matt, not close like that.

marie: (screams) no! it's 116!




erin: thank you marie. now i have something new to put in my blog.

and believe it or not, marie is one of the smartest cookies in the box.
which is really the funniest part of the story. but none of you would know that.
i really do love teaching!

1 replies:

At 7:26 AM GMT+9, Blogger Pikafan says...

My sister has been doing student-teaching stints in Calgary as part of the Education program there. She was placed in a kindergarten class one day, and one of the kids, during some themed playtime, came up to her and plunked himself down in her lap and sighed, "School is hard."

:)

 

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