I had not one, but TWO conversations with two boys this morning
#1 went like this:
me: Hello
A: Good morning Miss L
me: How are you?
A: I'm very good thank you (or something close)
me: (I'm getting pretty excited at this point and decide to push the envelope) Where are you going?
A: I'm going to see my mother.
DARLING BOY! Apparently he drives everyone crazy because he's always asking questions or telling people what he's watched the night before on discovery channel etc, like ostriches come from African and emus come from Australia or interrupting the Principal while she's speaking during assembly because he didn't understand something she said. I'm going to buy him a nice big fat animal facts book, or something like that, with LOTS of pictures and LOTS of words so that he can torment even more people. Let's hope no one manages to crush his spirit.
#2
pupil: "Hello teacher"
me: "Hello. what are you doing?"
pupil: "football"
That's a pretty fabulous conversation because that young man initiated the conversation himself.