I do a little activity with the kids at the beginning of the year where I ask them to tell me ten facts about themselves. I just rediscovered the pile of papers and I thought I’d share a few of them.
Someone did not get the message that the facts were supposed to be true, perhaps. I’m translating this as “My brain is a ruler, I play two guitars, and my cat has three ears.” One of them maybe, all three? Somebody missed the memo.

Hmm. I’ve been pondering this for a couple of days and don’t know what a “nethfil” is.
A surprising number of them wanted me to know their favorite superheroes; they’ve got me figured out already:
Crossing my fingers that #9 here is just an omitted plural and not a favorite food or something:
And this one gave me a favorite villain. I also like #4, which thus far I find to be accurate. She’s been trying to get me to call her “Bacon” instead of her actual name.
Trying hard.

And I will be the last:
I strongly enjoy colorful language:
Because “blue” is too generic:
Some of them are impressively talented:

And some of them have crazy people as parents. There’s no way this one can see over the steering wheel:

Some of them are sad and/or scary:
This could be an abusive parent or it could be a haunted house. The question is which I’d actually prefer. The haunted house, right? It’s the haunted house.

Do the math. Mom got pregnant in middle school, apparently. Mental note to keep a close eye on this one.
And the worst one:

Sigh.
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That was great!
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Reblogged this on Rose B Fischer and commented:
Re: the scary ones. It says something about you that they tell you.
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Children are honest. If we listen, they will tell us a great deal.
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…weird thing happened. I commented on this earlier but WP reblogged it with my comment instead. Oh well.
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Isn’t Bacon the name of the imagined child that Calvin (of “& Hobbes” fame) had with Susie? It seems I’ve seen a fanart rendering of that before.
Wow to the honesty on those last ones. 😦
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Kids will give you an amazing amount of valuable, candid material given the chance. I remember tutoring an assignment that required a personal narrative, and students would often write about things that were intensely personal.
That said, the one about the dad liking dog is h-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s.
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These are great.
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Nethfil sounds like nephew to me. Maybe the kid is an aunt or uncle already?
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Ooh, good one. I bet you’re right.
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