...and they followed the North Star to Baby Jesus' igloo.
I remember the time one of my kids came up to me after class looking serious.
"Hey, Stratopops? Hey, what? I...I want to be moved to 7th grade. Oh yeah? Why's that? I'm in 7th grade in school, but I went to a Christian school last year, so this year I got put in your 6th grade class. Besides, I already know what you're teaching. Oh...what am I teaching that you already know? The Bible, we learned it in Christian school. Hey, that's great, you have a head start. So you already know what Melchizedek has to do with Mass? Well, we didn't learn about Mass. Oh. How about Melchizedek, you already knew about him before we covered him a couple of weeks ago? No we didn't have that. Oh. How about Isaac and Abraham? I know about them. Do you know what they have to do with Mass? No, we didn't talk about Mass! Oh yeah, that's right. How about Manoah and the angel? What? You know, Manoah, Samson's daddy, and the angel? Y'all didn't cover them I guess. Umm, no. Or how that angel is part of Mass? Uh-uh.
How about Passover? Yes! And what does Passover have to do with Mass? I don't know. That's ok, we'll cover that later. And Moses and the bread and flesh in the desert? Yes! And how that fits in with Mass? We didn't have that. Oh..how about sprinkling blood on the people, and mixing it with water and all that? We didn't have that. Huh...we were learning about the Meeting Tent last week, didja know about it? Yes! Good! Do you already know how a Catholic Church is like the Tent? Huh? Never mind, we'll get to that next week. Look, it's ok with me if you move to 7th grade, it's not my call anyway. But there's a whole lot about the Bible and Mass and being Catholic that we'll learn this year that you wouldn't get in Christian school, and because you already know a lot of Bible stuff it'll be interesting for you. So I think you oughta stay in my class."
So- did this child stay in my class? Umm...I don't remember.
7 comments:
You get to a lot in your class that I've never had in any class! I always learn something when I read your posts.
I love this. We all are like this child - we don't know what we think we know. Open mouth and insert foot.
All that stuff is covered in the book.
I love your opening picture. It just makes me laugh. So much to treasure about Mass. It's interesting that the form is always the same, yet the substance is different and rich. Thanks for visiting my blog too.
I wish I'd learned that stuff in CCD instead of the "Jesus loves us and isn't that great?" lessons I always had to sit through.
Man, that's awful.
You must have had that kid eating out of your hand! I bet he learned a lot about Mass the year with you. I can't imagine he would want to move on without finding out how all those folks tied into Mass.
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