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 Day one of parent teacher conferences is in the books.  It was overall very good.  Sometimes meeting parents is very enlightening.  I'm just going to leave that there....

The one student whose parents I really wanted to talk to didn't show up.  That is something you can count on.

In other news, I had a concerned student in the lunch line yesterday.  They were having corndogs (which is concerning because they are gross).

He said, "Teacher?  Is there corn in corn dogs?"

I explained that the breading around the outside is made with corn flour.  I asked, "Have you ever had corn bread?"

He had not, which isn't super surprising since his parents are Mongolian.

He pondered that for a minute and then asked, "So...are there dogs in corn dogs?"

I assured him there are not.

English is tricky.  I'm surprised any of us are doing all that well with it.