Conversation #1.
Preface: NewlyEd wears a fossil watch, it is grey, has a plain black face and two white hands
7th grader: Ooo! That's a cool watch mister! Is it REAL?
NewlyEd: Yep, it's real metal. (no kid, I actually can't tell time and I really like wearing bracelets)
7th grader: Wow, that's like a really old watch.
NewlyEd: Well, it's about 11 years old.
7th grader: Oh, so that's like 20 years old, right?
NewlyEd: No, it's 11 years old.
7th grader: I've never had a 20 year old watch before!
7th grader #2: How do you tell time on that thing?
NewlyEd: Well the numbers on the face of a clock never move. (point's out the numbers on a wall clock). So I know the 12 is right here even if you can't see it. And the two hands move.
7th grader #2: Oh, so these never move (pointing to the hands)
NewlyEd: No... (if this were a cartoon there would be a cloud of scribbles above his head!)
Conversation #2.
Preface: Subing a 7th grade English class, the kids are doing SSR (sustained silent reading) and NewlyEd is reading a biography of George Washington.
NewlyEd: Let me tell you guys something I just learned about George Washington from my book.
student: He was a cheerleader right?
NewlyEd: No, that was George Bush. George Bush was our last president.
student: I thought George Washington was our last president.
NewlyEd: No, it was George Bush.
student: So George Washington wasn't a cheerleader?
NewlyEd: No! (again, imagine the frustration scribble cloud about his head!)
You just can't make this stuff up folks!