Today I had the funniest conversation with one of my students. We were out at recess and a couple of girls came up and asked me a question about what they should do about some girl drama. Anyways, that's not the funny part.
Somehow then we shifted into talking about boys. And Sally, we'll call her, admitted that she is "going out" with one of the boys from our class. Apparently he texts her all the time and was really upset when she didn't respond to him this morning because she's grounded from her phone. But that's still not the funny part. They then went on to tell me of two other interclass couples that I have. So my curiosity was piqued. What do they think they are accomplishing by "going out" with someone? Here is a paraphrasing of our dialogue:
Ms. G: So, tell me, what does it mean when you say that you're "going out" with someone?
Sally: Well, it means that we're dating!
Ms. G: So you go on dates?
Sally: NO! Hahaha
Ms. G: So you sit with each other at lunch?
Sally: No! *giggle*
Ms. G: So...you hang out at recess?
Sally: Haha nooo!
Ms. G: Then what does it mean?!
Sally: Well...sometimes we hug after school.
Ms. G: *nodding* Ok, I see. So I hugged a boy yesterday...does that mean he's my boyfriend?
Sally: Oh my gosh, noooo!!
I think the thing that I love most about this is that the unlogical logic of 6th graders hasn't changed one bit since I was one of them.
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