"Hello, Smarty Pants!" (preschool teacher to The Dormouse as I dropped her off yesterday)
Then she looks at me and says, "I call her Smarty Pants because yesterday I was reading a book to them and in the book there was a lemon meringue pie. And I was pronouncing it 'mar-in-jah'. And Smarty Pants told me 'No, that's not how you say it. You say 'meh-rang'. And later I asked someone how to pronounce this word and she was right! How did she know that?"
Me: "Um... you were reading Amelia Bedelia, right?"
Teacher: "Yes."
Me: "We read that book at home." Unspoken: ...and I know how to pronounce it.
Then she looks at me and says, "I call her Smarty Pants because yesterday I was reading a book to them and in the book there was a lemon meringue pie. And I was pronouncing it 'mar-in-jah'. And Smarty Pants told me 'No, that's not how you say it. You say 'meh-rang'. And later I asked someone how to pronounce this word and she was right! How did she know that?"
Me: "Um... you were reading Amelia Bedelia, right?"
Teacher: "Yes."
Me: "We read that book at home." Unspoken: ...and I know how to pronounce it.
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May 24, 2007 at 8:14 AM
Marinjah?!
I hear rub-barb makes a nice pie, too.
May 24, 2007 at 8:43 AM
Them's some smart teachers at that there school!
May 24, 2007 at 11:39 AM
I guess the doormouse isn't the only smarty-pants in the family...
May 24, 2007 at 8:36 PM
A teacher who can't pronounce meringue... Sigh. It's official. I've lost all hope in the education system in our country. And btw, were you not just a bit miffed that a teacher would refer to the DM as a "Smarty Pants"? Since when has it been okay for teachers to name call?
May 25, 2007 at 10:48 AM
Yeah, I think the only reason I even got the explanation was because I eyed her funny when she called my daughter "Smarty Pants". Fortunately, that wasn't the regular teacher.
May 25, 2007 at 3:55 PM
Fortunately!