5-yo told me the other day,
"Mom, there are two boys in my class with the same name. Carlos. One of them is new. So he has to have a number."
This seemed a little harsh. Surely the teacher didn't say "Sorry, there's already a Carlos in this class, so you'll just have to be called Number 27 instead"? So I asked 5-yo for a bit more detail.
"Well, it's not just a number. It's his name AND a number."
I wasn't sure this was much better. Did the teacher say "We'll call you Carlos 2, ok?" So I probed a bit more.
"He's One Carlos. We already had Carlos, and the new boy is One Carlos."
Aaaaaah. All is revealed.
"That's not One Carlos, Honey. That's Juan Carlos."
So confusing, being in Kindergarten.
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Oh that is so funny! I am not sure I would have sussed it. Bless, bless, bless.
ReplyDeleteI had seen the name on a list. It just took me a while to make the connection.
ReplyDeleteaww bless, that is so cute. but makes total sense as well, although i was cringing a bit at the thought of the teacher telling the kids he'd have to be Carlos 2.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see that coming! Thanks for the Sunday morning chuckle.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute!!
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to thank you for your comment on my blog post "We are what we are". Your words are very kind and thoughtful.
CJ xx
Ah bless. That's sweet!
ReplyDeletetee hee!
ReplyDeleteAw....... thats lovely!
ReplyDeleteNuts in May
Very funny!
ReplyDeleteThat is too cute. My girls always talk about the United Steaks of America. Maybe there is something in that.
ReplyDeleteLove it. It randomly reminds me of when I was living in Mexico, teaching. One student I knew couldn't translate "nariz" in an English test so he wrote "no se" ("I don't know" in Spanish). (Clue: you use your nariz to smell....)
ReplyDeleteOne Carlos, Two Carlos... Love it. In my day, if there were, say, two Marks in a class, you were allowed to call one 'Big Mark', and the other 'Little Mark'. Not sure they'd allow that now, it being a bit sizeist an' all.
ReplyDeleteAnd there I was, expecting Carlos dos...
ReplyDeleteMarvellous...
xxx
That's so funny.
ReplyDeleteMy son came home last week and said he couldn't find someone's name at school as he was looking it up under W.
It was Nguyen.
LMAO!!!!!!!!!! Love kids!
ReplyDeleteLord, well done you for working that one out! Very very funny.
ReplyDeleteThat's just too funny. I was worried about the kid being named by a number.
ReplyDeleteThis was really really funny!!!!! Gotta save that one.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. I just love the innocent interpretation, it puts everything else into perspective.
ReplyDeleteLCM x
oh that is too cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment on mine - means a lot!
Ha ha ha. Didn't see that one coming. One year we had three Maya's in the same class although they didn't number them, just called them Maya M, Maya G etc.
ReplyDeleteBless.
ha! Reminds me that before I lived in California I did not realize that the San Diego town of "La Jolla" which I had only ever seen written down was the same place I had heard referred to as "La Hoiya".
ReplyDeleteI remember that we had three Melanies in class. They were called Mel1, Mel2 and Mel3. Nobody thought anything unusual about it.
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ReplyDeleteI was in an orchestra once with no less than 5 girls named Katy(ie). This really didn't matter that much most of the time because the director hardly ever called anyone by name.
ReplyDeleteYou caught me out completely here, Iota, to the very end!
ReplyDeleteThen I had an incredible laugh...kids are hilarious!