My friend Dan just forwarded this incredible article from the New York Times about lying.  It was a fascinating read ... something I'm already planning on re-reading.  It talks about the development of lying in kids ... how it first starts as a toddler (and is a sign of intelligence), what it looks like in grade school (and how the school bans on ( Read more... )

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Sometimes I forget that, for all their bravado and strutting, 5th grade boys are really just kids and don't understand half of what they joke about.  I forget this and I say something stupid.

Me: (wrapping up some rant I was having because they were pushing each other in line) ...and you will wait at the end of the line every day until you show me ( Read more... )

So ... today one of my fifth grade girls pops her head into a meeting I'm having with one of the teachers ( Read more... )

One of my duties at the school is to spend about 30 minutes in the lunchroom 'supervising' the kids.  For the most part, I like being in there.  It gives me a chance to get to know the kids in a different setting.  But it also reminds me of how glad I am that I'm not in school anymore.  It can be a cruel place socially and I don't miss that at all ( Read more... )