A conversation being had at Table 8:
Boy: Mr. Hatcher, aren't you Italian if you're white?
Mr. Hatcher: ? (imagine a puzzled face since everyone was supposed to be independently writing.)
Girl: No! That's not true.
Boy: Yes it is!
Mr. Hatcher: Well, you can be white if you are Italian, but not all white people are Italian.
Girl: Can you be brown if you're French?
Mr. Hatcher: People have different skin colors in pretty much every country.
Girl: 'Cause I know a brown French girl.
Mr. Hatcher: Cool. Get back to work.
Other girl at Table 5 trying to get in on the action: Can you be black and white?
Mr. Hatcher: Well, yes you can have a black parent and a whi-
Boy: MICHAEL JACKSON!
Several students: Oh yeah.
After this there was a huge debate about whether or not MJ had a skin condition or if he just "hated being a little black boy." How again does any of this have to do with writing a narrative about going on vacation? I swear I have control of my kids.
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Speaking of Michael Jack and Black and White....that song came up on my ipod today.
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lol, i love it. i love their knowledge of michael jackson, i would think that these days maybe kids that age don't know him. i wonder if the brown french girl she knows is surya bonaly?!
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