Today I was delegated the task of presenting 12 minutes of AirLife information to a very tough audience that challenged me both intellectually and physically, and also who had the power to make a grown adult feel like an inadequate stutter-puss. That’s right, people – I’m talking about Englewood 3rd graders. As I sped through a ton of material and Powerpoint pictures, I was privvy to several random comments that almost made me laugh out loud and lose my cool… here are a few of them for your entertainment.
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Me: “OK, what’s a dangerous part of the helicopter that any of you can think of?”
Kid1: “Um, when you’re flying and a jet decides to laser blast you and you have to fly really fast to keep from blowing up.”
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Kid2: “Know what? When I was born it was in Arizona and my mom had to call you guys to fly down and pick her up and I was born on the helicopter and we almost crash landed at the hospital but my mom decided to fly the helicopter and so we were all saved.”
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(on one slide we showed a picture of the helicopter and had a flying helicopter sound effect accompanying it)
Kid3: (when the sound faded out, looking directly at me) “Did YOU just make that noise?”
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Kid4: (at the very end as the kids were filing out) “Know what? Your helicopter almost crash landed into my house last week.”
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Kid5: (when I selected him for his “question”) “Guess what? I was born in California.”
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You have to love the originality and imagination. That is all!
