Students Say the Sweetest Things… Sometimes

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Students… the real reason we get up each morning and go to school. They shine a light and make our days enjoyable and exciting. We are served with compliments, jokes, and blunt realities each day from their little mouths. Most days, we hear “Teacher, I love you.”, “You look so pretty today.”, and ” I love your shirt.” ❤️

But once in a while we get something funny, or what was meant to be a compliment, but came out totally different. Like… “Teacher, I love your painted toenails. I could play with them all day.” (As I think to myself… ‘no thank you’. ?) Comments like these were the inspiration for Students Say the Sweetest Things ❤️… Sometimes ?

 

title: Students Say the Sweetest Things... Sometimes

 

One of my students brought me a wrapped with a bow bottle of wine. She came on the bus to school. ?She handed it to me and said, “My mom said you needed this!” I said,” You have a very smart Mom! I am so thankful for her!”❤️ ~ Laurie M.

“Did you take a shower today? You smell so good!” ~ Sara T.

I had a student tell me I was a queen and should be wearing a crown. So then he proceeded to make me a paper crown which I proudly wore. ~ Christie N.

Reading a story…feel a kid touch my leg..look down and he says “wow you have really nice veins”. ~ Lauren Y.

Your hair is beautiful! Whenever he had done something he shouldn’t. ~ Fran B.

A boy in foster care gifted me old pens, paper clips, post-it notes, and he also returned my tape dispenser (he had stolen that from me). He said to me “I stole these from mean teachers. You can have them, you are the best teacher I’ve ever had”. ❤️ That night he ran away and was rehomed to a different city. ~ Marisol R.

IN MY FORTIES, yard duty on the primary side, and a group of sweet kindergarten girls were picking dandelions and making chains. One of these little princesses walked up to me with a smile… “Here, these are for you Old Man.”~ Jim G.

“I loved your eye shadow” when I was not wearing any and had dark circles around my eyes.. ~ Nimy S.

This one isn’t funny, but amazing. I have a student who is essentially echolalic. Yesterday we had a dance party during math. Right after she said, “awe Miller I love you.” I couldn’t believe it and I got all teary-eyed!~ Stephanie M.

Student looking at my name tag “that’s when you were beautiful” ? from a PreK student. ~ Justina S.

I looped up to the first grade with my K class one year. A particular student always complimented me on my perfume. One day I switched it up and wore one I hadn’t worn for several months. He gave me a hug, put his head on my shoulder, and whispered in my ear, “Teacher, you smell like kindergarten!” (He was right, it was the perfume I had worn almost daily when I taught him in K)? ~ Ginger H.

I had just blown my nose really loudly. And one of my third graders looked at me, horrified. I said, “Sorry when I blow my nose I sound like an elephant.” His reply, “It’s like you have animal powers!” ?~ Anna O.

“Miss, you are ROCKING that coat… We gotta do some’in’ ’bout those shoes though” ?      ~ Emma G.

A little girl in Primary asked me why I wear glasses. When I told her she asked me to take them off to see what I looked like. Then she said ” eew! Put them back on”! ?
(a backhanded compliment) ~ Emma B.
“Your teeth are so pretty and yellow.” ~ Kerrie F.
I was holding a child’s hand while walking them to their parents after an assessment. He said, “Your hand is soft and squishy, kinda like my penis.” ~ Rene M.
“Your hair isn’t as fizzy today” ~ Amanda L.
“Miss, I love your golden hair, are you related to Repunzel?” I have long blonde hair and work with predominantly Hispanic and black children and families with brown or black hair. ~ Cheryl C.

“Your skin is really stretchy” Kindergartener pulling my nylons during storytime ?            ~ Karen B. 

“You look so pretty, you wore that same outfit last Tuesday. Your mom should get you some more outfits.” ~ Jonina D.
I have a student who always says goodbye to me like this: Goodbye Miss! I love you! have a nice day.? ~ Katarina Z. 
My absolute favorite… I put on peppermint oil because I had a headache. I went out in the hall and a class was passing and I hear a student ask his teacher “why does Mrs. A smell like toothpaste” it still makes me giggle. ~ Donna A.
I had a student tell me I reminded her of her mom. Her mother had passed away a few months earlier. I had to excuse myself from class so she wouldn’t see me cry.? ~ Gayle F.

Not really a compliment but once a little kinder boy sitting right in front of me on the carpet at storytime said’ whoa! You need to shave your legs!’ ~ Tina S.

Several students were telling me that I was their favorite teacher. I asked another student if I was his favorite and he was quiet for a minute and said, “No, but you’re my third favorite. Mrs. Sander is first, Mrs. Smith is second, and then you.” The student who I asked was my own son who was in my class! ? ~ Pam Z. 
I came to school with a horrible horrible sunburn. “You look so much better with a tan!” – third-grade boy ??? ~ Kaitlin M. 
“Most teachers are robots, but you were given a personality chip.” ~ Jenni M.
Your eyes look pretty. Not all puffy and blue like they usually do. ( tried a new concealer.) ~ Christina E.

Last week one of my kids asked me if back in my day I had to ride horses everywhere. ?    ~ Peggy W. 

I had a boy in foster care who asked me to adopt him. We were very close, and would have done it in a heartbeat! One of the best children I have ever worked with ❣ ~ Kerrie L. 
On my birthday a student came in and told me with the greatest smile and enthusiasm… You look fabulous!!! You look 50!!!! I was turning 45??? ~ Chris B. 
“You look a hundred years younger with your hair like that!” ~ Cheryl P.
“Miss Amanda, I like the glitter in your hair. Can I have some too?” She was talking about my gray roots that had started to show. ? ~ Amanda C. 
(Admiring the braid in my hair) “did your mom do your hair this morning”? ~ Erin B.
I was pregnant but hadn’t announced it to my class- when I finally did a student said ” you looked bigger- I wasn’t sure if you had bigger lunches, or were just getting fat, or maybe you were having a baby. My dad says never to ask if a woman if she’s pregnant” ~ Tara T.
“My mom said she saw you without your wig. Your hair is growing in very nicely this time. ( 2nd time I have had to go through chemo treatment while I was his sped teacher). You can probably stop wearing the wig now. It has to be hot.” I did stop wearing it. ~ Penny T.

You are as tan as a sausage. ? ~ Abby L.

“You act like a Hufflepuff, but you grade like a Slytherin” is my fav. ~ Whitney M.
A sweet little girl gave me hugs every morning… well… I had put in my few pounds after the holidays and she held on a little long one day and looked up at me and said, “Ooo Miss Brown… you a little squishy!” LOL ??? I died laughing.~ Rachellee B.
Kinder student: Rubs my butt & says “you got baby in there” ??? (yes I have a big butt lol ??‍♀️) ~ Melissa Z.
I had one day, “Mrs. H, you know how you say we’re giving you gray hair? – well I can see it now” ?? ~ Donna H.

 

Your voice is much nicer when you sing ? than when you talk. ~ Michele G.

Let’s keep the funny comments rolling… ? If you have any gems to add to this list, please leave them in the comments below. ⬇️ I can’t wait to read more of Students Say the Sweetest Things… Sometimes. ?
Written by: Janessa Fletcher

title: Students Say the Sweetest Things... Sometimes

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