Recent conversation between one of my offspring and myself as she was opening a package containing an SD card:
Offspring: This is a 16 gigabyte card. The other one was only eight.
Me: Cool.
Offspring: Gigabyte. Megabyte. Those are such weird names. I wonder why they called them that? Doesn't it sound weird?
Me: Yeah, I guess it kinda does.
Offspring (very matter-of-factly): It sounds like a religion.
Me (laughing): I can see that..."What religion are you?"..."Oh, I'm a Gigabyte. We're a very information based faith. Much more so than the Megabytes even though their name seems to imply that they would be superior."
Giggles.
Another conversation with offspring:
Offspring (while listening to the radio): Sigh. I love Owl City. His songs have so much meaning!
*long pause*
Offspring: I'm not sure what the meaning is, but it's deep.
Me: *laughing*
And one last conversation with offspring:
Offspring 1: Isn't it crazy that people used to think the world was flat?
Offspring 2 (with an air of superiority): That's stupid. Why didn't they just look at a globe?
Me and Offspring 1: *hysterical laughing*
Offspring 2: What? Why is that funny?
Me: Because they didn't have globes then. They didn't know the layout of the earth. They just had maps of places they knew.
Offspring 2: Whatever. A globe is just a map wrapped around a ball.
*convulsions of laughter*
I have to admit however, that while laughing hysterically I was also considering in the back of my mind how I have failed or am failing as a teacher.
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You can see the rest of this session here under "Dement Family".
4 comments:
Creative thinking does not equal failure...lot's of humor though
I started reading the story of you and the Offspring and forgot to look at the pictures until I was done. It was so funny I was captured. Kids provide the best material, don't they? I’m sure your fans will agree.
I didn't think I would laugh so hard at hearing this story again, just goes to show how wrong I am:) Great way to start a Monday, thanks as always!
love these pics, and your story telling is just amazing, I'm glad someone told me about your site
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