-- "My mom sets my alarm for 6:30, but I always change it to 6:15 so I have time to make my lunch and play with my legos before school."

-- I gave each of my students two coins from Ethiopia yesterday. One of my boys came to school today with his coin collection this morning saying, "Mrs. McKanna, I've been saving these my whole life." (Remember I teach 9 year-olds.) Expecting to find a whole box full, he proceeds to empty his pocket of seven coins: 3 of them are Euros, 2 are from Ethiopia, one is from Romania, and the other is Canadian. You would have thought he held the moon and the rarest of gems!

-- My students wrote a letter today about themselves so I could gauge their writing ability. One boy wrote, "I am special because I am a gentleman."