FeistyChick
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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 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!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. "She walked around
the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!" Now the kid is doing this
hysterical duck walk, holding her back 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
is 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 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 long.
got this via e-mail from a friend...
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 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!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. "She walked around
the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!" Now the kid is doing this
hysterical duck walk, holding her back 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
is 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 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 long.
got this via e-mail from a friend...
