Monday, February 06, 2006
I love my students.
Tonight we were picking Spanish names (because it's cool). One of the little girls decided her name would be Francisca, because she likes Francis. I said "ok" and wrote out her name card. Then she came up to me later and said she wanted to be Domingo, because it means Sunday. I told her that that is a boys name, but she can be Dominga. She said "ok", and I wrote her a new card. Then she came up to me a bit later and said "Um, can I just be Dominga on my card, but you really call me Domingo? I like it better." and I said "ok", so I wrote her a new card. Then the other kids started jeering saying that Domingo is a boy's name, and that she's crazy to pick a boy's name. She was like "No! Domingo means Sunday!" and then I said "It also means Dominic" to which she exclaimed "Yeah! And it means Dominic!" The kids kept making fun of her, and she was like "What's wrong with Domingo? It means Dominic! I like Dominic! And it means Sunday! I like Sunday! Sunday is when you go to Mass. You go to church on Sunday! I'M HOLY! I WANT TO BE HOLY! I WANT TO BE HOLY!" She nearly has a meltdown about being named Dominic because she wants to be holy. I couldn't help but smile and say "That's wonderful. You can be Dominic. It doesn't matter if it's a boy's name. It's a good name." She smiled, sat down, and class resumed.
I love children. :)
Especially the kind that scream about how they want to be holy in the middle of class.
They're the best kind.
Tonight we were picking Spanish names (because it's cool). One of the little girls decided her name would be Francisca, because she likes Francis. I said "ok" and wrote out her name card. Then she came up to me later and said she wanted to be Domingo, because it means Sunday. I told her that that is a boys name, but she can be Dominga. She said "ok", and I wrote her a new card. Then she came up to me a bit later and said "Um, can I just be Dominga on my card, but you really call me Domingo? I like it better." and I said "ok", so I wrote her a new card. Then the other kids started jeering saying that Domingo is a boy's name, and that she's crazy to pick a boy's name. She was like "No! Domingo means Sunday!" and then I said "It also means Dominic" to which she exclaimed "Yeah! And it means Dominic!" The kids kept making fun of her, and she was like "What's wrong with Domingo? It means Dominic! I like Dominic! And it means Sunday! I like Sunday! Sunday is when you go to Mass. You go to church on Sunday! I'M HOLY! I WANT TO BE HOLY! I WANT TO BE HOLY!" She nearly has a meltdown about being named Dominic because she wants to be holy. I couldn't help but smile and say "That's wonderful. You can be Dominic. It doesn't matter if it's a boy's name. It's a good name." She smiled, sat down, and class resumed.
I love children. :)
Especially the kind that scream about how they want to be holy in the middle of class.
They're the best kind.
