Thursday, November 16, 2006

Out of the mouths of babes

If you haven't worked it out from the blogs on education, that's the profession I have chosen. When you work with kids, they often surprise you with what they say. Two things caught me by surprise yesterday:

One seven year old student was referred to me by a teacher for swearing at other students. She told me that he was using the two "b words". He said, "No I wasn't! I was calling them bastards and bitches."

One little guy has a disability and part of helping him is going to the doctor and getting a prescription for medication. His mother was talking to him about me as someone else who could help him. He thought about if for a moment and said, "Mr Ymir is a bit cranky. I think he needs to go to the doctor too."

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