Oops! Wrong Word.
Mostly, I was know as Mrs Scott to the children I taught. Over the years, however, I have also been called Mrs Squat, Mrs Scotch, Mum, and the one that hurts the most . . . Grandma. That's when I thought it might be time to think about retirement.
***** Tina: (resting on the grass looking up at the trees) You know, you see life with a different suspective from down here. ***** Nikole: We're going to have a crack-up party on the last day of school. (She was possibly correct, about the teachers anyway.) ***** Evan: Batman saves the world from vanillans. They are the bad guys. ***** Jane: Let's play "Masters of the University." ***** Teacher: Which nursery rhyme character called for his fiddlers three? Seth: Old King Kong. ***** Anti-bullying day is an annual event, but one child went home and confidently announced to his parents that it was anti-bullet day. ***** Emma: I made a sign. It says "Circus Paradise". (Some people from Surfers Paradise might even agree that is a more apt name.) ***** The following sign was placed outside the classroom - EXCURSION tomorrow 10:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. One child was overheard asking another: "What's that word? Execution? ***** Nell: My brother wants a He-Man of the Universe doll, but I said, "No way! Those things scare the living dates out of you!"
***** Jill: Here's an intivation to my party. ***** Mary: I remember you because I've got a good remembery. ***** Vince: I have a wallaby tooth. (Perhaps it was so wobbly it was about to hop out of his mouth.) ***** Cate: I had a bird for two days, but on the two-th day it flew away. ***** Bob: I went to the Geek Festival on the weekend. (The Greeks won't be too happy to hear that.) ***** Jason: I like Flush Gordon. (It seems some super heroes are going down the drain.) ***** Kirsten: I'm going to read "The Very Hungry Pattakiller." ***** On the first day of school the children heard the bell ring. Chris: Is that Santa? ***** Ashley: Do you know what tweezles are? They get prickles out of people. ***** Ashley: (singing) Six white bloomers, snow white bloomers. ***** One of the children had made an interesting construction from boxes. Teacher: You were clever to think of that. Kevin: I didn't think of it at school. I thank of it at home. ***** |
The class was asked to complete the following saying ...
You can lead a horse to water, but ... These were some of the answers: ... but be careful. ... but it might run away. ... but don't pull it. ... but you need some reins. ... but not today. ... but you can't lead a cow or a bull. The original proverb:
Never underestimate the power of a kind word or deed. Various answers from my class when given the beginning were: Never underestimate the power of ... ... a tree. ... heros. ... a dangerous animal when it is angry. ... your mum. ... love. ... light - doom - magic. The original proverb:
If at first you don't succeed, then try, try again. Various answers from my class when given the beginning were: If at first you don't succeed, then ... ... think! ... be brave. ... the fun never ends. ... do not cry. ... eat a banana. ... re-do it. - keep on trying. - have a party. ***** Sam: I painted this side light blue. Now I am going to paint the other side heavy blue. ***** |
The children had set up a magic show and Stan was introducing it.
Stan: Now we are going to have a very famous mortician to do a show. ***** Jess: You know when the power kept going off I was very saturated because I couldn't watch the cartoons. (I think she meant she was frustrated.) ***** Shelly: (reading a book to herself) . . . and very soonily they flew away. ***** And this one from a Year 10 student, proving it not just the little ones who confuse words. Steve: Should I put this quote in hydrolics? ***** If you are going to change some words, you may as well change them all. Jingle Bells never sounded like this before . . . Colin: Ringle bells, ringle bells, ringle all the way. Oh what farm it is to ride to, in a one horse open slave. ***** |
Belinda: Hic! Oops. I've got the hair-cups.
***** Jack: We got a new air additioner yesterday. Now we can stay cool. ***** Carpentry was always popular in preschool, even if they weren't familiar with the terminology. Dan: Hey, somebody's wooding is over here. ***** Can hypnosis work on an empty stomach? Jane: (to friend) Look into my eyes. Look into m eyes. I am going to appetise you. ***** Leah: When my dad gets angry he says a square word. ***** John: Blaa blaa black sheep, have you any wool? ***** Annie: Little Bo Peep has lost her sheet. ***** |