Face the Book

This story comes directly from Mr. Poop:

7th Grade Student: Mr. Poop, I took a race test on facebook, and it said I was 40% white and 90% black.
Mr. Poop: That doesn't make sense...that's 130%.
7th Grade Student: I'm putting mixed on all my documents now.
Mr. Poop: Because facebook said so?
7th Grade Student: Yes.

Gotta love that logic.

Chicken Little

I don't know how to explain this...

Today we were discussing the Revolutionary War. I asked my students how a war starts. This was a serious response from one of my students. I don't know where this came from or where he/she heard this.

How do wars start?

7th Grade Student: They drop a chicken in the middle of the sides and whichever side the chick runs to gets the first shot. Then they fight.


Needless to say, this stopped class. I didn't know what to do. I felt really bad for this student.

This Map Needs a Legend

Today, after finishing her work, one of my students decided to look at a large map of Alabama I have in my room. This was her comment:

7th Grade Student: Is this a list of all the presidents?

Mr. H: (Speechless)

Back to the Future IV

This conversation happened in another teacher's classroom today. It is totally bonkers and will put a smile on your face:

7th Grade Student: Mrs. Bail (made up name), will there be a year 2020?

Mrs. Bail: Yes, of course.

7th Grade Student: Will we make it to the year 2019?

Mrs. Bail: Yes.

7th Grade Student: Will we ever have the year 1997 again? It was my birth year and I really enjoyed it!


I would like to point out two things: 1. Really? 2. If she was born in the year 1997, how would she remember that she really enjoyed it?

Carry on.

Citizenship 101

Ok. In class, we've been talking about the concept of citizenship and different types of citizens in the United States. This instance happened today and it was strange because I could see and hear the conversation before it was done...

Mr. H: If you are born in the U. S. or one of its territories, you are a native-born citizen.

7th Grade Student: Mr. H, is Alabama in...

Mr. H sensing the impending question: Wait! Think about what you're about to ask. Make sure that it makes sense.

7th Grade Student: Is Alabama in the United States?

Mr. H: Really?



Another brilliant statement by the future leaders of the world:

7th Grade Student: Mr. H, where did the Indians come from?

Another 7th Grade Student: Indiana, duh.

cayete la barka

This post comes from another teacher at my school. It's one of the funniest and shows the insight of the 7th grade mind:

7th grade student: If a dog is born in Mexico, does it bark in Spanish?

First day back...First story of the year

So it's the first day back and the classes were working on a "getting to know you" worksheet. I use this to...get to know the kids. I also have the kids try to guess who said what on the worksheet. One of the questions asked was, if you could travel anywhere, where would you go and why? This is what happened as others attempted to guess who said what...

Mr. H: Who said they would go to Finland to visit their family?

7th Grade Student: I think it was that girl (pointing to a hispanic student).

Mr. H: You really think her family lives in Finland?

7th Grade Student: Well, she does speak Spanish...

I have a feeling this is going to be a good year for the blog.