Overheard at Northside Lately...

It's been a soggy few weeks, so full of field trips, report cards, and end-of-year projects that many a blog post has turned to mush. Only a few bits survived, mostly overheard quotes scribbled on post-it notes, scavenged from my desk as I cleaned it off for the summer. Here they are, without further ado:

A fourth grader admonishing the goalie during a game of floor hockey:
“Just a little warning: when you’re goalie and I’m coming, block it and then get out of the way, cause I don’t stop so good.”

Conversation with a kindergartener accused of pushing:
Me: “Did you push Jason?”
P: (Pauses, eyes on floor) “No.”
Me: “What did you do?”
P: “I ran him over.”

A first grader after I announced we were going to do something new:
“Is it landscaping? ‘Cause I’ve done LOTS of landscaping!”

A first grader, who had to take a bathroom break in the middle of a class “running in place” contest, on re-entering the contest:
“And guess what, Miss Djerf? I didn’t stop running the entire time I was at the bathroom!”

And, finally, a conversation in our classroom the last week of school:
P: (sighs) “I love Miss Djerf. Miss Djerf is the best teacher.”
E: “Yeah.”
P: “And she really loves children.”
E: (Alarmed) “But she’s not married!”
P: “She loves children!”
E: (Even more alarmed) “BUT SHE’S NOT MARRIED!”
Me: “Awww…what am I going to do without you guys this summer?”
I: “Find a boyfriend!”