Mister Turkey
I was reading a book with one of my more difficult children. It was book about a teacher who was leaving the school and the gifts that children brought her. One child brought a fish, another brought some weaving and one brought a bush turkey.
The boy I was reading to said ‘Miss, I love bush turkey’.
‘I do too’, I replied.
Then he asked ‘does your wife catch it for you?’
Now there are several issues here. Firstly I have never eaten bush turkey, just the cranberry sauce turkey that comes pre-sliced at Coles. Secondly…I don’t have a wife and having to explain why would have been quite complex so we just kept reading.
The students often call me Mister rather than Miss. It could just be gender confusion, not helped by my short hair, but its often when they are in trouble. Im yet to work it out.
