Jahcelyn came to school with her hand all bandaged up. At first glance, her hand reminded me of a boxer's hand... all taped up and ready to go. Of course, we were all interested in the source of the injury. Sometimes children tend to exaggerate, thus leading to bigger and better bandages - attention seekers more than actual wound intervention. It took all of about five minutes before my colleague inquired about the bandaged hand.
"Jahcelyn, what happened to your hand?" inquired my colleague.
"I got cut while opening a cat food can." said Jahcelyn.
"Ouch! That must have hurt! Maybe your cat should open his own cans of food from now on." stated my colleague.
"Nah, he can't do that." she replied. "He doesn't have disposable thumbs!"
All of us stood there a little dumbfounded. First of all, she meant opposable thumbs, but if you knew Jahcelyn, you'd really wonder where that came from! There's one valuable lesson to be learned here. Never underestimate the power of learning. She learned "opposable thumbs" from somewhere, and for some reason, she chose to remember it. Not only did she remember it, she used it properly in context. WOW! That's pretty cool!
I love my job! There's never a dull moment... never!
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