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Im guilty of lurking, but got this in an email and wanted to share.

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lvdolphins
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Im guilty of lurking, but got this in an email and wanted to share.


SHOW & TELL



By an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher

I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself,
but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second-grade
classroom a few years back.

When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions
with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-
and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes,
pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place
any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to
school and talk about it, they're welcome.

Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid,
takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow
stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant.

"This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his
birthday. First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and
then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate
for nine months through an umbrella cord."

[She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not
to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching
her in amazement.]

"Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, oh,
oh, oh!'" [Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans.] "She walked
around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!'" [Now this kid is doing a
hysterical duck walk and groaning.]

"My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn' t have a
sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in
bed like this." [Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.]

"And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case
he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like
psshhheew!" [This kid has her legs spread and with her little hands are
miming water flowing away. It was too much!]

"Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe,
breathe.' They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all
of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff, they
all said it was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot of stuff
inside there."

Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her
seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, if it's
show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another Erica
comes along.

Posted 4/12/06 5:46 PM
 
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Posted 4/12/06 5:51 PM
 

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Adorable. You have to love them. They are so innocent at that age.Chat Icon

Posted 4/12/06 10:03 PM
 

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That must have been priceless!!!

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Posted 4/12/06 10:13 PM
 

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Posted 4/13/06 10:12 AM
 
 

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