Right now Sam has a cold. A chinese friend of ours says its because we run the air conditioner at night. She also says that her aunt's face got deformed from running a fan all night close to her face. Hmmm. I believe its because we work with small children who have never been taught to wash their hands or wipe their runny nose on a tissue and not on someone else. Last Saturday one of the children he taught had a cold and I'm positive that is the source of his current illness. Children can be cute but they can also be disgusting. Last week a kid of mine had a bloody nose and it dripped quite a few places. Good for me I already know the word for blood in chinese so I was able to ask an aid for help in cleaning it up. Sam had a more disturbing experience than me. In the middle of one of his classes one of the children asked to go to the bathroom because he "had to go poopy". Sam said ok and the child disappeared for about 10 or 15 minutes. When the boy returned his pants were replaced with a very small towel. He was escorted by one of the teachers aids who speaks very little english. Sam is unsure of the exact circumstances but I think we can all safely assume the pants got (at least a little)....poopy. Sam said it was awkard to for him to have the boy the rest of the class with such a small towel covering him. He decided to excuse him from doing the hokey pokey with the others. The boy actually seemed okay after pooping his pants and having only a towel to cover him below the waist. In case you are wondering he is 5 years old. I think that's old enough to know how to use the toilet but accidents do happen. Ahh the joys of teaching small children.
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