Part of my job this summer was talking to fourth graders across Kansas about soybeans and all the byproducts of the miracle crop. It was a great experience.
Once in a while we will get a thank you note in the mail from the class. Sometimes the class divides up the speakers and you may only get three letters from the class members assigned to me, sometimes you get a teacher produced note signed by everyone. Today I got a booklet of individual thank you notes.
They were entertaining so I thought I would share. Here were my favorite thank you notes. I did not change grammar or spelling. I wrote them as they were written.
Dear soybean speaker,
I learned so much from you. Right after school my memory blew up. I remember so much. I hope I can be an expert when I grow up.
Your friend,
Hunter
Dear soybean speaker,
Thank you for teaching us about soybeans and about the soybean fuel stuff that was pretty cool. I hope the prices go down so we can use it.
Sincerely,
Colton
Dear soybean speaker,
Thank you for teaching me about soybeans.
Let's go plant some soybeans.
Sincerely,
Hanna
Dear soybean speaker,
I liked how you did the line we could not step over.
Your friend,
Dynah
Dear soybean speaker,
I loved yours it was awesome! I was loved it. It was so good. I liked soybeans. I would love to have your job. I liked it so much. Thank you so much.
Sincerely,
Kristen
Dear soybean speaker
I did not know soybeans were in tacos and baretos.
Your friend,
Aaron
-MO-
2 comments:
That's really cool. I'm glad that you get to touch so many students. I'm sure there are plenty of jealous Catholic priests (yes, that was terrible of me). But really, some of the kids seem super bright, like Colton and Hanna. Others seemed.... well...... A little bit slow. But I think you have at least changed the future for some of these kids. Aaron for instance will probably find himself enjoying (all too much) a job at Taco Bell. Kristin may later find herself in your exact position, only to spend her days wanting out of it. But Dynah intrigues me. I think she'll find that "drawn line" to be an issue that perplexes her throughout the rest of her life. Until now I'll bet she has only known about that line as a thing she it told she has crossed and never really knew where it was. This will fascinate her so much that she'll spend the rest of her life in search of that fine line and then crossing it just to see what happens on the other side. (I say this knowing nothing of the talk you give, but only a philosophy of "lines that are drawn.") But I think that one that touched me the most (or rather made me laugh and cry at the same time) was poor Hunter. I can only imagine that this child was so excited to learn about soybeans that he just couldn't contain his excitement and "literally" lost it after school. All over the pavement. I'm picturing a little kid with the top of his head missing and a great cavity in its place. This kid is wandering around with an expression on his face something between the relaxed/giddy high of just coming off of really (mind blowing pehaps) great sex and the total loss of all bodily function that comes with a good ketamine trip. (I hear that ketamine is something people enjoy, but I don't see the appeal in losing your memory for 8 hours with the aid of a horse tranquilizer. Perhaps I'm just missing something tho.) I digress. I'm just happy you have brought "the joy of soy" (you should coin that little phrase) to numerous 4th graders. I know my life would have been substantially different if I'd had you as a class speaker instead of the trip to a potato chip factory in Lincoln NE, where all I learned was 4th grade is when Mike's mom let Shelly and Dustin suck face for 3 hours in a car full of other kids. (Under a blanket of course.) Go 4th grade!! lol
Love the post!
funniest post ever : 0 )
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