July 2012
i can never take naps because i end up waking up like 9 hours later and it feels like a century has gone by and i get so confused about my existence
June 2012
girl: but if i have a boyfriend, and i kiss a girl, does that really count as cheating?
me: if i punch you in the face with my left fist, but i'm right-handed, does that really count as me punching you in the face?
consequentialism:
if i had a dollar for every time i was a third wheel
mom: are you hungry
me: yes
mom: what do you want for dinner?
me: idk
mom: what sounds good?
me: idk
mom: do you know anything?
me: idk
Strict Parents = Rebellious Kids.
Convo between my 7year-old students today
(Names have been altered slightly, just in case.)
Josie: I have a new crusshhhhh
Matt: Me too! On a boy!
Pearl: You're a boy with a crush on a boy?
Matt: Yeah he's really cute.
Pearl: Oh.
(pause for a bit)
Matt: Boys can like boys. I just can't marry him because boys can't marry boys.
Me: Yeah they can. You can marry whoever you want.
Matt: Really?
Josie: YEAH my tia has a wife so now I have a titi and a auntie.
Matt: Okay. Then maybe I'll marry him.
Dave: (from across the room) No you can't you're seven.
(Age was apparently the only foreseeable problem anyone of my elementary schoolers could see with gay marriage. I almost cried out of happiness. Later, when I was asked if boys could kiss anyone they wanted, I replied "only if they want to kiss you back." And Josie responded "Yeah! Your body your life.")
My students are the shit.
