For some people who may not know I am currently in my first year of teaching a fourth grade class in central New Hampshire. From time to time I will have to share some of the things that my students say to me because honestly, it really blows my mind what they come up with.
The week before winter vacation one of the other fourth grade teachers had two relatives coming to visit her for lunch at the school, one of the relatives is a dwarf. In order to try and alleviate some of the staring and initial shock of having a dwarf in the school the teacher asked us to have a conversation with our students about her relative.
Right before we were going to lunch I sat the students down and began to speak with them about the teacher's relative. We spoke about how we should react and what my expectations were, and then I asked the class if anyone had any questions. Right away one of my students raised his hand in the way that showed he thought he really had an important question, so I called on him, and he asked...."Does she (the dwarf) have magical powers?" I just looked at him and had no idea what to say...and finally I answered "No, only the dwarfs you see on cartoons have magical powers."
After school I was telling my mom the story and she said well at least he asked you and didn't go up to the girl and ask her if she had magical powers...
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