Just so no one thinks I'm truly mean to the children, here is a conversation we had today...

Violet: Mrs. B, will you please teach 4th grade next year so I can be in your class again?

Justin: Yeah! And then 5th grade after that!

Jayden: Yeah! And then middle school and then high school!

Violet: She CAN'T teach high school. We would all be taller than her!

Jayden: Okay. Just through middle school.

Mrs. B: I'm afraid the answer is no. I really like teaching 3rd grade.

Violet: (thinking a moment) Well, then, can you hold me back a year?