The Not-So-Fun Fair

    Last week I was working with one of my 11-year-old students. I asked him about his weekend.


 Me:  "How did your school fun fair go?"

Student:  "Oh, it was pretty good.... ALTHOUGH, a rather "ill" man came up to the parking lot and STOLE a licence plate off of one of the cars, and SPIT on another!" (Laughing, hand flapping).

Me: "Oh my, I guess that kind of took the fun out of it, hey?"

Student whispers to me: "Well, to be honest Kristen, it was the only exciting thing that happened there...."