Kids Say the Darnest Things...

I try to do good stuff sometimes. One of those good things is starting every class with a small activity or writing prompt to get the learner's heads in the game. I've found my kids struggle with opinion, critical thinking, and personal questions where they need to articulate how they think or feel as an individual. So I'll have a "DO-NOW" question  on the board as they come in that touches on these skills.

Many of the kids are still perfecting the art of pretending to do assignments and instead just sit there, but when I do get answers, some are awesome. Below is a collection of a few of favorites to the question, "What are some things you like most about yourself? Why do you like those things?"

"What I like about my self is am energetic and am inspecaring. What like bout the two things is that they bring out my inner beast and my mojo."

"I like me curves and face because I look aweseom and good on them. People also lke them when I am wearing a skin jean."

"The two things I like about myself are --> my crazzines, my sense of humor"

 The reason I like this about myself is because people like me more when I can act crazy with them and tell really awesome jokes. Thats just the joy of being me."

"…The reasons I like my shyness is that it always get me out of trouble because people wouldn’t think that I am naughty. Nobody would ever think that a princess would be in trouble"

"I like my self because I am brave and I am the only boy in the whole family so when ever something comes I will have to fight it as a man. I like my self because my pastor and his family likes me because I am braves and I am part of worship team."

And the winner...

"Well I’m a little fat so every time I get in a fight I see I can win I use my belly to deflect my opponents punches"