
I have no idea what subject it was during, or even what day. But, I was sitting on the ground working with one kid and another student was close by when he decided he had a pressing matter he needed to talk to me about…
“Ms. Bless, why do you wear so many layers?” Then, without pausing to wait for an answer, “I mean, you have three shirts on. Why do you need three shirts? You say that you get crabby when you are hot, but you wouldn’t get hot as much if you didn’t wear so many shirts. I mean, you have three shirts on. If you wore one shirt or even two, you would not get as hot.”
Unexpected, completely off task, yet extremely observant. I didn’t know how to respond, so I said, “You are too observant. Get back to work.”