The Dog House

My Boyfriend and I have this in common. We both used to speak occasionally to elementary school classes. We were sometimes invited to speak to "gifted" children. His goal was to interest them in architecture. My goal was to interest them in poetry.

This was long before we met each other.

If you're not skilled in communicating with gifted children, which neither of us were, it can sometimes be a challenge.

Once he visited a classroom full of second graders. He instructed them to design a dog house. Lots of questions followed. Is it in the back yard? Front yard? On a hill? Soft dirt? Slopping lawn?

One little boy asked if the area could flood. My Boyfriend said,

"Let's assume it doesn't flood."

This seven year old replied,

"Sir, we don't make assumptions in this class!"