One of the best things about teaching 4th Grade is the grown-up-enough-to-get-humor, but still innocent-enough-to-believe-teachers-can-do-anything mentality of the students. Just to illustrate, I wanted to share a story that occured a few weeks ago in my classroom.
One of my girls, who I'll call K, noticed my drawer of contraband and confiscated items. (I believe all teachers have one of these.) K immediately launched into a story about her "last year's teacher" who had a drawer just like mine. In K's opinion, my drawer was boring. Of course I have Pokemon cards, Silly Bandz, and other assorted items, but K wanted me to know that was nothing compared to her previous teacher. According to K, her last year's teacher had "nekkid boy Barbie dolls." She was terribly scandalized by the whole experience and couldn't understand why her teacher would have such things. I explained to her that teachers don't get to choose what's in the drawer, but that they get whatever it is they confiscated from the students. Her response was, "Yeah Mrs. A, but did they have to be nekkid?!?"
Gosh, I love 4th graders!
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