You know you’re getting old when…
You have this conversation at lunch:
9-year old: Guess what, Mr. Noon? My grandpa’s dad was in World War II.
Teacher: Well, my dad was in WWII also.
9-year old: Hey! What was his name?
Teacher: His name was Noon.
9-year old: Oh! I think my grandpa might know him!
(grandpa’s dad??)
…and it isn’t very funny.
Sarah Puglisi wrote,
My Grandpa’s Dad used to talk about this soldier named Noon….I think it was..maybe WW2.
I was about to post a set of jokes from my first grade so here is one hot off the press…
We are making bunnies. Paper bag puppet ones.
ears, tail, nose, you know it comes out looking like “Happy Bunny”. Anyway they were working this AM as i sat looking at the cabinet…surprised ,super surprised, I let them do this.
One child brings up a bunny, no tail, whiskers, ears saying of course, ‘Finished”
another child yells out (Gabriela of course).
“No, it’s not done, that’ s just the “Unbunny.” ”
I liked that one.
Link | April 5th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Doug Noon wrote,
Hi Sarah,
I like looking at the un-spaces. Good insight there….and we can see that Gabriella understands prefixes, as well!
Your story reminds me of a short video I saw in an Ed course with an Alaska Native student teaching someone to carve a walrus. She said, “Just take away everything that’s not a walrus.” I’ve always wondered how carvers/artists “see” what they want something to become.
Link | April 5th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Sarah Puglisi wrote,
Opps as always I told this wrong because she amended and I forgot to put this in, “It’s Unny.”
I forgot that.
“It’s not a bunny,” she yells then to all children without the requisite parts, “it’s Unny. ”
Self appointed of course.
I then made a really good Unny myself deciding I no longer need all the details either.
Link | April 5th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Jody Hayes wrote,
I teach year ones … I know I’m getting old because everyday they tell me they think I am 126! Not even close! Somedays I feel it too.
Old is OK, young at heart is the real deal closer!
Link | April 5th, 2007 at 9:56 pm