Quick post

[msjen]

I have just completed the first week of the research project for which I will be spending several weeks in classrooms. I am currently Somewhere In California, where I visited five schools and interviewed teachers and students. I'll write more about the whole experience in depth later, but for now you get two awesome things kids said

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[agntprovocateur]

my goth is SO much nighter than yours!

(ps the teenmonkey wants to know what grade you teach)

[msjen]

Tell her hi. The kids in this post were in fifth grade. I used to teach first and second grade, though. Hope that answers her question! :)

[agntprovocateur]

i passed along the greetings. :)

she was very surprised they were 5th graders. we had a bet they were 1st and 2nd. her favorite words are: defibrillator, pentomino and pie! had to explain 'bourgeoisie' to her yesterday. lol!

[msjen]

Ah, I left out an important detail - fifth graders whose first language is not English. Hence the still-developing language skills. Ordinarily, yes, that would be something a kindergartener or first grader might say.

Defibrilator and pentomino are indeed great words.

[angel_boi]

you are so spookynighter!

[msjen]

Yes, so many great possibilities for this word...

[ousel]

Kid 2 has not yet learned about midnight, because 11 is the nightyest they have ever seen.

Moar silliness please!

[msjen]

There will be more, not to worry!

Wait until that kid learns about this thing called "midnight" -- it's the nightest.

[agntprovocateur]

absolutely the nightest!

[msjen]

Yay for real-world examples! Just so you know, these were 9-11 year olds learning English. Which makes it all the more interesting, I think...

[rivetpepsquad]

This is awesome.