I have two very funny experiences from the library during the past week. These kids...I swear.
First, I was off in the stacks looking for a specific book the other day. I heard a child yelling from across the room. She wasn't yelling because she was mad or frustrated or wasn't getting her way. She was firing her family. "Grams, you're fired! Mom, you're fired! Dad, you're fired!" and so on. It was hilarious! I can't help but wonder where this kid picked it up from. The Apprentice? Talk at home? Elsewhere? She couldn't have been much over four years old.
Second, yesterday I had a program with kids age 11 and older. It was a lot of fun! There was a point in the program when one of the boys, 14 years old, stood up and here is what followed:
Boy: "Did you know that if a woman could lay all her eggs she would have 500 children?"
Me: [pause while I searched his face for some explanation of what the heck he was talking about] "Do you mean female chickens or birds or something like that?"
Boy: "No, I mean like ladies and stuff."
Me: [pause again. And again. Trying not to look amazed and terrified:] "Women don't lay eggs."
Boy: "You know what I mean, like inside their bodies and everything."
Me: [Change the subject! Change the subject! Change the subject!] "Well it's a bit more complicated then that but why don't you have a cookie and tell me about the project you're making!"
I mean...seriously??!? SERIOUSLY??!? There are no words.
First, I was off in the stacks looking for a specific book the other day. I heard a child yelling from across the room. She wasn't yelling because she was mad or frustrated or wasn't getting her way. She was firing her family. "Grams, you're fired! Mom, you're fired! Dad, you're fired!" and so on. It was hilarious! I can't help but wonder where this kid picked it up from. The Apprentice? Talk at home? Elsewhere? She couldn't have been much over four years old.
Second, yesterday I had a program with kids age 11 and older. It was a lot of fun! There was a point in the program when one of the boys, 14 years old, stood up and here is what followed:
Boy: "Did you know that if a woman could lay all her eggs she would have 500 children?"
Me: [pause while I searched his face for some explanation of what the heck he was talking about] "Do you mean female chickens or birds or something like that?"
Boy: "No, I mean like ladies and stuff."
Me: [pause again. And again. Trying not to look amazed and terrified:] "Women don't lay eggs."
Boy: "You know what I mean, like inside their bodies and everything."
Me: [Change the subject! Change the subject! Change the subject!] "Well it's a bit more complicated then that but why don't you have a cookie and tell me about the project you're making!"
I mean...seriously??!? SERIOUSLY??!? There are no words.
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