Thursday, September 16, 2004

Adventures in Definition, part the first:

Me: So, one of our spelling words today is bachelor. Can anyone tell me what bachelor means? Monica?

Monica: Well, I don't like to say...it's too sad.

Me: Umm...

Monica: OK, I will. A bachelor is someone who kills goats, and they skin them...

Me: ?!?!?!!

Me: Oh, what you're thinking of is a butcher!

We had read some rather morbid children's story recently that involved the potential death and dismemberment of Zlateh the Goat...I suppose that's why she brought up goats...

Adventures in Definition, part the second:

Me: So, the Bible is the inspired word of God. Does anyone know where the word inspire might come from?

Class: ....

Me: I'll give you a hint. Think about the word expire. Why might you expire? Yes, Robert?

Robert: Because you are a sinful person, and God decides to kill you.

Me: ....

2 Comments:

Blogger talitha cumi said...

Robert shows promise.

1:21 PM  
Blogger Wavelet said...

yesh. Children are natural fans of the more bloody parts of the Old Testament...most of them couldn't tell me anything about the Acts of the Apostles, but all of them could remember the story about Abraham being told to sacrifice Isaac.

2:05 PM  

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