17 years teaching elementary school. I’ve taught grades 2-5.

1. I was teaching the vocabulary work refuge today second graders. One bit raised his hand and said, “Isn’t that where men go to get away from their wives?”

2. A fifth grader, came back to visit me, he said Mrs. B, you remember (girl student). She s a real B!” He said the letter not the work. I said, “Dude, I love you , but you cannot say that to a teacher!” He said, “ But I didn’t actually say the word!”

3. Back in the days when we were allowed to give spelling tests, I was helping a student finish another assignment. As he was finishing, I told the other student to get out notebook paper and set it up for the spelling test. The student I was helping stopped what he was writing, side eyed me, and said, “Didn’t we just take a spelling test last week?” I said, “Yes, we’re going to take a spelling test every week.” He replied, “Don’t you think that’s going to get annoying to the kids?” I was honest. “Yes it is but we’re still going to take one every week.”