Much of our funding to go to Lake Michigan came from a friend's sorority, whose philanthropy is child literacy. This friend (also a second grade Maymester teacher) had her class write thank you notes to the organization, and some of them were quite choice.
It's always interesting to see what kids remember most about a cool experience. Not a single one of our students had ever seen a Great Lake. When I opened the first thank you note, I expected to read kids' thoughts on the enormity of Lake Michigan, the wildlife they saw, and the things the learned.
Nope.
Four grants, a scholarship, several heart-wrenching give-us-money-for-underprivileged students letters and $600 later, our kids all thought the playground at the park was THE BEST PART. There are playgrounds in Albion.
Anyway, the main attraction:
Dear Delta Nu*,
Thank you for letting us play on the playground. I liked the playground because we were playing like war. And then I got p p p popped off the tire swings. It was fast. Then we dug holes. It was fun. But we did not hear the story.
Your friend,
Omunek
Dear Delta Nu,
Thank you Delta Nu for the money for we could go to Lake Michigan. I had so much fun because we got to play on the play ground. I liked the square that moved. It was fun.
Your friend,
Cassie
Dear Delta Nu,
Thank you for the money to let the class go on the field trip to The Lake Michigan. I liked when the class played on the square swing. It was fun because we got to swing on the swing. Drelan sung a song to Ms. Crum. I liked the playground thank you.
Tirzah
And my personal favorite:
Dear Delta Nu,
Thank you for letting me come to Lake Michigan. You are the nice person in the world. I hope we come back there again. My favorite part was the monkiy bars. I wish you was there where was you. And the peach too.
Sincerely,
Cortavious
*yes, this is the sorority in Legally Blond.
It would seem that the "square that moved" was quite the attraction.
No idea what the peach is about.
I wish I was eight years old.
- MLA
I am become Death
13 years ago
2 comments:
If you were eight, you wouldn't appreciate eight year olds as much.
hahahaha! That is hilarious. They have such a way with words and with thanking people. I truly enjoy reading all of your posts dealing with what your kids say.
I get some pretty funny stuff while coaching but nothing like that. One of my favorites though is:
Kid 1- coach James, why do bees die when they sting you?
Kid 2- because their butt falls off and they can't poop anymore.
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