The symphony orchestra in our city was doing a children’s matinee and had invited all the school children to attend. Since my class was kindergarten, we had front-row seats. As we were walking in and getting settled in our seats, the orchestra was tuning up and making all the noises that come with that. After the children were settled, they became fascinated with the musicians, watching them intently as they tuned their instruments. One little boy leaned over in his seat and said, "Mrs. Renicks, I don’t like this kind of music at all."
Teacher, Alabama
The third-grade class was taking a test on the life of George Washington. One answer made the teacher’s day:
Question: What illness did George Washington have while serving his country?
Answer: tinypox! (The real answer: smallpox)
Teacher, California
I was teaching a class of seven-year-old boys about Christ’s return. I wanted to encourage some creative responses after discussing that "the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command. . . ." and that we "will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air" (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17). So I asked, "Show me how you would act if you suddenly saw Jesus coming down from heaven."
Without hesitation, the boys—speechless—all pointed at me with expressions of astonishment, even bouncing up and down in their seats. I was pleased to receive such an enthusiastic response. Then one of the boys told me to look up. Directly above my head, a large black spider was descending slowly from the ceiling!
Teacher, Colorado
One day while I was teaching a junior high English class, one of the students fell asleep. Very quietly, I had the students exchange classrooms with another teacher without waking the sleeping student. When he woke up and saw a different teacher and a different group of students, his eyes became as big as saucers, and he just stared straight ahead until the class bell ended the session. Needless to say, he never fell asleep again and never forgot the unique experience of being in what he called the twilight zone.
Teacher, California
While riding the bus to school, a kindergartner was talking away to herself, and a boy asked her if she answered herself as well. She thought a moment and replied to him, "If I know the answer!"
Office Secretary, Kansas
During a discussion with my kindergarten class about the missionary work of the apostle Paul, I asked if someone could tell me what a missionary is. An eager student from the back of the room responded, "A missionary is someone who lives in your basement."
Teacher, Colorado
The math lesson for the day was going quite smoothly until Mary, obviously still thinking about our Bible lesson for that day, interrupted. "Mrs. Smith, wouldn’t it be fun if Jesus came back today and we all went to heaven together?" Without missing a beat, a young man from the back of the room said quite matter-of-factly, "Yeah, that would be just like a field trip."
Teacher, Colorado
Since my height is only four feet and two inches, kindergartners always have great questions and comments about it. For instance, they have asked me:
"Are you a big person or a little person?"
"When are you going to grow up?"
"You didn’t drink enough milk when you were a kid."
"You drank too much coffee when you were a kid."
Teacher, Colorado
Various Anonymous Contributors
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