kids say the darndest things

it has been forever since i've posted anything. it's been a tough, long few months with a few good things thrown in also. in that time, i got a new job at LOFT and just recently got a job at the YMCA doing before/after care at a school by my house. i've also had to start paying on loan. wah, wah, wah. no fun. so, in the past week or so, i have had a burst of motivation to get a big kid, grown up job even though i am still struggling through getting my degree. in my mind, it seems to be the only logical way to get this degree finished up in a timely fashion and pay stupid student loans. bah.

so, i figured why not start blogging again, giving insight into what i'm learning, jobs that are working out, and some of the crazy things the kids i work with say, among other things...here are a few tidbits.

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i started last monday. arrived at school at  6:30 in the morning :/ first kid walks in. sam. he's in the second grade he tells me, because he was held back (i find out later he has severe ADHD and other behavioral issues). he is asking me questions about myself...'so, you out of high school and what not, in college?' i say, yes, i'm out of high school, almost done with college. he says, 'well that's cool, looks like you are living the life then.' i died. living the life by almost finishing up college...

brianna (4th grade) was asking what i was going to college for. i said social work, mentioned that i wanted to be a doctor before that. she then proceeds to tell me about her grandmother. 'my grandma went to 10 different colleges. she has 10 different degrees.'  i said, wow, she must be really rich to be able to afford all of that. she says' no, she want to online college (hahaha). She has a doctor degree, she's like a brain surgeon, a teaching degree, a social work degree, a business degree, a law degree...i can't remember the other 5 though...' i was cracking up. that would be quite a woman.

jack asked me to play chess, which i have no idea how to play. i said sure, and that i'd try to play (a couple of kids said they'd help me). mid way through play, it started to get intense. i was losing pretty bad, jack was telling me to move places so he could take my pieces. this one kid came up and started helping me. maybe 3rd grade. he is into the game, taking time to look at all my options before he tells me where to move. i know i am losing bad, so i joke around and say- if only i could just move this way and SHAZAM jack's pieces out of the way. i said this a few times, saying SHAZAM each time. then, the kid who was helping was like, 'NO! you can't. if you SHAZAM that piece he can just take this one away.' died laughing as he kept saying SHAZAM.

i always get the same three questions: miss jen, are you married? do you have kids? how old are you? today, i was subbing at another school, and this girl asks me how old i am. i said, 23. she goes, 'wow, you look was younger.' i said, really, how old? she said, 'hmm, maybe 20 or so.' hahaha.

there have been others i have not been fortunate to remember. but just wait, i'm sure i will have new stories tomorrow morning. :)