women

we had been talking about important women in the american revolution. etienne was trying to remember deborah sampson, but was confusing her with another important woman we had studied...

etienne: was it joan of arc?....wait, who was joan of arc?

matteo: she was the one that got barbecued.

president

i was showing my class a replica of the declaration of independence and trying to convince them that it was the real thing because president obama had started letting teachers check it out for two weeks at a time to show their students. they weren't sure what to think because sometimes i joke around a lot with them (no kidding), but they really wanted to believe this one. alessia, in her sweetest most pleading voice with her big puppy dog eyes, finally asked,

"please miss a, just tell us the truth, did mr. bahama really let you borrow the declaration of independence?"