I attended an open-house for Edmund's preschool as a parent representative recently. I don't often get the chance to talk to Edmund's teachers, so it was nice to be able to chat with them between fielding questions from perspective parents. During one of the lulls Edmund's teacher, Ms. Robin, shared this very funny story with me.
Here's a bit of background. Over the next two weeks the class will be learning about space. A field trip to the planetarium will wrap up the unit. When the field trip form went home I made the mistake of getting really excited and telling Edmund about the planetarium trip before I realized it would conflict with our trip to Disney World. Upon realizing my mistake I informed Edmund he wouldn't be able to go with his class, but that he had already seen the show, "One World, One Sky." This made him feel better about missing the trip.
This brings us to the exchange between Edmund and Ms. Robin.
Edmund said to Ms. Robin during centers. "I can't go to the planetarium because I'll be in Disney World. But do you know the planetarium isn't in Durham?
Ms. Robin replied, "I do, it's in Chapel Hill."
Edmund said, "That's right, it's on the street named after the turtle."
Ms. Robin exclaimed, "I didn't know there was a street named after a turtle."
Edmund said, "You know, Franklin St."
And I bet you all thought it was named after a founding father.
