My wife is a pre-K teacher.
Today, they had to explain the read-a-thon to the students. It’s a very complicated event with charts and things and it’s complicated by the pre-K kids not being able to read.
Finally, it was time for any questions about the read-a-thon...

One girl chimed in that she had a question: “My tooth broke! So I need to get it fixed!

Another question right away from a boy: “My tooth is wiggly.”

The conversation had to be reframed and the students were asked if they had questions *about the read-a-thon*.

The students had been told that everyone who (somehow) read a certain number of books would have their names put in a hat for a grand prize drawing.

There were questions about the hat.

A girl asked if this grand prize would be a giant teddy bear, because that’s the best thing she could imagine.

No, it’s a gift card to a bookstore.

There was widespread agreement that a giant teddy bear was a much better grand prize.

The opinions were noted.