desert drama

Me: "You know, Mrs. Bryant used to live in the desert"

Student: "Woah, how did you even survive?!?!?!"

burrito honesty

Me: "Please sit criss-cross"

Student: "There is no way you can expect me to sit criss-cross after a bean burrito."

daddy's cooking

a student raising hand and completely changing the subject matter.....

"Mrs. Bryant, my dad makes really bad hamburgers. Please don't tell him I said that"

leadership

during leadership week (where my students study how to be a good leader):

Me: "Wow, look at C (our new student). He is modeling such good leadership"

Student: "Well, maybe they already had leadership week at his old school!"

oreo survival

on the very first day of school........

"Mrs. Bryant, if you get sick of us, I've got some Oreos in my lunchbox you can have"