Category: Learnin’ ‘Em Kids

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This Too Shall Pass

Sorry about the lack of posts this week, y’all. It’s End-of-Grade Test week.

In addition, May 20 is a particularly difficult anniversary for me.

I’ll get back on track soon. In the mean time, some jokes for you. Would you like to guess which of my students they’re from?

knock knock
who’s there
Ax who
Ax nicely, and I might tell you

Knock knock
who there
pan
pan who
give me a pan I’m makeing pandcakes

Glad to Have a Friend Like You

The prompt:  Today is Hug a Friend Day.  Why is it important that we show our friends that we care for them and appreciate them?

Max: It’s important to show your friends how much you apprecite you. If you don’t, they will not talk to you or act mean to you. They will not help you because you abanded them like if you need help and you ask a friend that you betrayed. They will most likely ignore you. They will also glare at you and go back to whatever they were doing. If you did not betray them, they will help you and fill you with hope because you have friends that reach out to you.

Grigory: I think that showing appreciation is important, because (well, it’s to friend don’t you like your friends) If you don’t show appreciation then you might not friends with that Person anymore and then stop talking to each other and maybe will die. (probably no though because it’s really rare that comit suicide because of a lost friend).

Another reason it’s important to show your appreciation because you want some friends to back you up in something like a fight, and if you don’t show your appreciation then they might not be friends with you and maybe will be backing up the person you’re in a fight with

Porfirio: “Hi Cody!” “Hi!” What’s up! oh nothing. Pofirio I invited you to my birthday party, and when is it, you mean the party yeah when? It’s on August, 25. Dude that’s a long time and I do you ask me if it’s not August or not even a bit, I know, but I can’t wait because you cody say that there’s ganna be dumpings for snack and I can’t wait for it. I know right, but I’ll see you at the party, “wait!” What time is the party ganna start well I don’t know. “Well” see you there, “bye”.

To review…if you appreciate your friends you will get:

  • helped
  • filled with hope
  • backed up in fights
  • invited to birthday parties four months in advance

If you don’t, your friends will:

  • stop talking to you
  • act mean to you
  • ignore you
  • glare at you and go back to whatever they were doing
  • possibly commit suicide

In a similar vein, we’ve been talking lately about the Golden Rule and how much harder it is to treat someone the way you want to be treated when that particular someone is being a dick. (I didn’t use that exact phrasing). We decided to try to treat people the way we want to be treated no matter what.

Viraj has some ideological problems with that: I think the treat people the way you want to be treated “No Matter What” has some flaws…if an assassin is about to murder you, would you say: “I’ll treat you to pizza and ice cream. Then I will give you my cash, bank account, and credit cards. Then you can kill me.”?

Touche.