Funny Teaching Moments -Edition #1

So as a precursor for this and any future school stories I'll use "Billy" for male students and "Sally" for girl students.

So today I was teaching my students in science about how plants and animals interact with each other. We talked about what is alive and what is not. They had some trouble coming up with a definition of what's alive. Sally raised her hand and said that to be alive things need to move. So I asked her if the clock was alive and she said no because it was a machine.

From there we talked about breathing. I drew a diagram on the board of a goat and a flower. I asked them if they knew why plants were important. They didn't really know. So I asked them if they knew what a goat needs to breathe and Sally raised her hand and said "Oxygen." I told the class she was correct. Then came the kicker. I asked the class if they knew what kind of air we exhail. Nothing but blank stares. So, being the good teacher that I am, I gave them a hint. I said, "It starts with a "C". This got a lot of hands raised, but Billy was waving his hand violently,so I thought he must know the correct answer.

So I asked, "Billy what is the name of the air we breathe out." He said excitedly, "Cancer!"

I had to laugh and so did the class. Kids do say the funniest things, and it's even funnier when they don't know why I'm laughing.