Me: Students, I have something exciting to share with you!
Student 1: "You're getting married!"
Me: Haha, no guys, it's not quite that cool.
Student 2: "I know! You have a boyfriend!"
Me: "No, guys, I wouldn't tell you about that in class!"
Students: "WELL WHAT THEN?"
hahaha, as if those were the only two things that are exciting.
Later on in that class somehow we got talking about Mt. Everest. One of my kids raised her hand and said, "Ms. Maxwell, if you climbed Mt. Everest, would you get to God?" I sorta laughed and said no, but she was NOT done talking about it. Then she said, "Ok, so what about if you went up in an airplane? Is that high enough?" By this point I'm laughing but I'm not really sure how to explain this. So I say something along the lines of "Well, it depends on what you believe, but it definitely doesn't make sense that Heaven would be anywhere close to Earth because lots of people have climbed Mt. Everest and nobody has found it up there. People who believe in God believe that He is everywhere." OOOH but that opened up a lot of discussion! "Miss, my grandma says that when we're like talkin' mess at the dinner table, she's like, 'this is God's table'." Then the kid cracked up like it was the funniest thing in the world. Then it really started though and I got all kind of questions! "Miss is hell real?" "Miss, is it true that you get burned in hell?" and then...the stories started. "MISS! My tio, he died, and he sent back a letter that said he was burning!" and that's where I said, "Ok guys, I'd love to talk to you about God anytime, but after class, let's move on."
In other news this week my kids told me I should quit being a teacher and be either a.) a model or b.) on American Idol.
Lovin' it.
