a new school year...

Please forgive the delayed update of this blog. Believe you me, it is most certainly not because of dull students.. They are quite hilarious. However, I never seem to find time these days to sit down and blog. And with my recent joining of the twitter bandwagon...blogging just isn't my default anymore (sorry non-tweeters). So to be fair...I will attempt to do a much better job at updating the blog. The following quotes are going to be some repeats from twitter along with being in no particular order. I don't have my "must blog soon" quotes with me right now so those will have to come later.

Without further ado...I present to you the class of 2010-2011.

Me: does anyone know what a subway is?
Student (singing): "subway...eat fresh!"

K: Mrs.Vining...I'm not feeling good. I cant lean my head thisaway or thataway and i dont need to breathe a lot.
Me: passing out probably would make you feel better...

A student brought me an apple one morning. I wanted to feel insulted for a moment; however, I still accepted his kind gesture. He brought another one in the next morning to which I responded "next time you bring me an apple...put it on a stick and dip it in caramel first"

Quite frequently, my students like to add to my sentences. One day while reprimanding a very disruptive and destructive kindergartner, one of my students added "yea, mrs.vining don't play."
(ya heard?)

Me: who makes neighborhoods a nice place to live?
Student: God.
Me: that's true. How about someone here on the earth?
Student: Jesus.

Me: What would you do if you were mayor?
Student: I would do nothin'. I would go home and take me a nap.

(Campaign: "yes we can!..after a good nap") future leaders of America...

Me: does anyone know what the word 'extinct' means?
Student: yea! That means when the dinosaurs didn't brush their teeth...their breath extincted!

(she was not joking and all other students seemed to be nodding in agreement, to what them seemed to be, a legitimate response)

In my attempts to draw a seashell, a student said "it looks like lips.."
Taking into consideration the feelings of others, another student said "she's doing the best she can!"

Student: mrs.vining, my brain hurts..and my neck...and my stomach.
Me: we might just need to put you down then...relieve you of your misery.