Saturday, January 24, 2009

Kid Stuff

A friend sent this to me--I have no idea where it came from, but I thought you'd get a chuckle!

When students in a second grade class were given a homework assignment to draw a picture of what they wanted to be when they grew up, "Sarah" turned in the lovely drawing below. Needless to say, the teacher was a bit surprised--Sarah's mom, Mrs. Smith, had always seemed like such a conservative woman. So she sent a note home to the girl's mother asking for clarification as to the picture's meaning.


Dear Mrs. Jones,

I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer. I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter, Sarah, how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture does NOT show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot. From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.

Sincerely, Mrs. Smith

16 comments:

  1. Oh dear - I'm afraid that pole dancing is exactly what came into my mind when I first saw it too - what does that say about me? :o)))

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  2. I'm laughing so much I'm now actually crying - lol !

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  3. LOL! Reminds me of what a teacher told a group of parents at back to school night when my kids were little - she said "I promise to believe only half of what your child tells me about YOU, if you promise to believe only half of what they tell you about ME!" I always thought given kids imaginations that was a classic!

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  4. I do understand the worry of mrs Smith! LOL!!!

    Agneta in Sweden
    http://agnetaquiltar.zoomin.se/blogg.html

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  5. LOL, that is too funny. And I would never have guessed that it was a shovel. Thanks for starting my day off with a laugh.
    Sandy in Nebraska

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  6. An update on yesterday, I did make a pie for National pie day, like you mentioned... then later, I dropped it on the floor. *sigh* The horrible thing is that earlier this week I made a home-made pizza and it also ended up on the floor. What a clutz!

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  7. That's a hilarious picture!!
    But makes me wonder do teachers really send home notes asking what the pictures means?? Even if she was a pole dancer would she need to explain that to the teacher?

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  8. man for a second I thought you had found MY second graders artwork.....
    then I remembered, I don't have a second grader!

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  9. That's funny but true. The last snow shovel can cause amazing behaviour by adults! Oh, and your pie loos delicious. Sounds like a great combo

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  10. This reminds me of a story written by an actual first grader of my co-worker. It went like this:

    My Mom works at S@m's Wh0reh@us. She is a demo lady and gives out free sampals.

    ROFL-MAO!

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