Of course I am. Anybody surprised?

I *LOVED* teaching the third graders today. What I didn't know, was that they were the 'gifted' class. Evidently, they already knew the stuff I was there to teach them, so we quickly went through the lesson plan and took it in a different direction.

I told them what I do and asked them if they had any questions they wanted me to answer.

First question: "What do you do when robbers come into the bank?"

Feeling rather cheeky, I said, "Well, the tellers have a button that they can push when a robber comes in. When they push the button, a trap door opens and the robber falls into the basement."

They believed it! You should have seen the looks on their faces. I told them that I was joking, and at that point lost complete control of the classroom because they thought that was about the funniest thing that they've ever heard.

I had a great time talking to them about computer viruses and stuff. It felt completely natural for me to be up in front of a bunch of kids. I didn't even have a problem telling them to take their turn and to listen politely.

One of the boys in the class is from England and I just wanted to put him in my pocket and take him home with that cute little accent of his. Another little boy, who was very shy, came up to me as I was leaving and gave me a present he made for me while I was making my presentation. It was a little chain stitch of fuzzy yarn. He said he "crocheted" it for me and then showed me the little ball of yarn that he used.



Is that about the cutest thing or what? I'm going to save that and put it at my desk at work.

I think I might seriously consider looking into being a substitute teacher for elementary school after I retire (y'all can see when that is by looking at the bottom of this post) I keep tossing around ideas of what I want to do, but today really has me thinking along those lines.

Yup, it was a good day today.