Superman or girl

As most of you know, I graduated from college in December of 2006. Finding a teaching job half way through the year is rather difficult, so instead I have been substituting. Substituting has kept me busy and I love every minute of it. Ok, well when I am teaching the younger students. I have a K-9 certificate, but with substituting you are allowed to teach anything. There have been several instances where I was substituting at the High School level. Most of the students are larger than me! I am only about 5 years older than some of the students. I love being with a different group of students each day and have met a lot of really good students.

Well, since I work with children I learn a lot from them. And of yeah, they say the darnedest things. For instance, I have a really funny story to tell you about my last teaching experience. On Friday, May 18th, I substituted in a Bright Futures classroom. Bright Futures is a type of preschool that is connected with the school district. The students are either 3 or 4 years of age. When they are 5 they MUST attend Kindergarten. Man, we start kids at a very young age going to school. Anyway, so on Friday I was teaching and the students were just getting into the classroom and getting lined up for breakfast. In the front of the line was this cute little boy (I am sorry I can not disclose his name Privacy Issue). He looked me dead in the fast with a very large smile and stated "You are going to have a baby!" as he placed his little hands upon my large tummy. I said, "Yes, I am. Isn't that exciting?" He said, "Yeah! Is it a boy or a girl?" I told him that we did not know (since all of you know that we are NOT finding out the sex of the baby). We continue to talk about me having a baby and such and with a HUGE smile and dead serious he goes, "I know what you can name the baby. If it is a boy, you can name him SUPERMAN. I like that name and it is COOL!" I wanted to roll on the floor laughing it was so funny. I asked what if it was a girl and he didn't know, that he would have to think about it. As the day went on he kept reminding me that I was going to have a baby, like I did not already know that or something. So, at the end of the day I asked him if he had thought of a perfect baby girl name since he gave me such and EXCELLENT boy name and he stated, "Well, I guess you can just call her SUPER GIRL!"

Now, do all of you believe me when I say that kids say the darnedest things. So, now after telling numerous people my hilarious teaching story, my bother-in-law and sister now have nicknamed the baby SUPERMAN until at least the baby is born.

I hope this funny story made you all laugh as much as it made me.