Does this exchange confirm I'm a shoe freak or what!
Child, (in a Satiny Green Sean John Hoodie with faux fur lining and coordinating white and green sneakers.
He says to me, "Teacher when I was playing soccer and I was goalie and they kicked a goal and it hit me right here" pointing to a spot on his knee, "It hurt teacher"
I say "But look at your shoes!"
He says "What??"
"look at your shoes, they're great!!" while i'm thinking, if that was me and i had such great shoes, I'd just be glad I hadn't scuffed them while playing at recess and I would have been bouyed by the excellent-ness of my shoes!
So I say "Doesn't that do anything to make it better?"
and he says, "No" like he really can't get why I would tell him to look at his shoes when he was telling me about an owie.
I just checked in with him, did he need an ice pack and all or did he need a bandaid and he said no and i just chalked it up to me and my thing for shoes.
He says to me, "Teacher when I was playing soccer and I was goalie and they kicked a goal and it hit me right here" pointing to a spot on his knee, "It hurt teacher"
I say "But look at your shoes!"
He says "What??"
"look at your shoes, they're great!!" while i'm thinking, if that was me and i had such great shoes, I'd just be glad I hadn't scuffed them while playing at recess and I would have been bouyed by the excellent-ness of my shoes!
So I say "Doesn't that do anything to make it better?"
and he says, "No" like he really can't get why I would tell him to look at his shoes when he was telling me about an owie.
I just checked in with him, did he need an ice pack and all or did he need a bandaid and he said no and i just chalked it up to me and my thing for shoes.