On the first day of Heritage classes this year, I was
sitting outside Mrs. Miller’s Prima Latina class and about laughed myself silly
overhearing some of what was going on in there. I was not laughing at her teaching, but at her amazing ability to exercise
self-control in the face of hilarity - she has a whole class of 5-6 year
olds. Better her than me.
I had written these down when we got home from classes, but
had forgotten about it. Here are some
highlights:
The kids were asked to give their name and something about
themselves that they wanted to class to know:
“This isn’t my actual hair.
My hair is really straight and sticks out like this” So, he had a wig on, eh? I couldn’t see around the curtain but I was
dying to.
“My favorite color is black, white, red and yellow”
“My favorite color is camo” (true Montanan)
Other notables:
There are a set of twins in the class, so regarding twins
some comments ensued, “they are born at the same time; one comes out and then
the other and they just ‘bloop’ right out together” (um, nope. No blooping at all. obviously SOMEONE has never been in labor!)
Mrs. Miller – “who knows anything about Latin? What people speak Latin now?” student: “you!” (observant! She IS the
teacher!)
Have any of you studied ancient Rome? “I’ve studied American Indians!”
“I changed my name and I want you to call me my new
name. Eric-kai. Hm. I wonder if his mother knows?? His name
isn’t even Eric.
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