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Major Mishaps in Teaching Can Make Funny Stories #2
The preschoolers who wanted to go to hell
Mishaps in teaching make for funny stories. With over fifty years of teaching under my belt, I have plenty of stories to tell. Some funny, some shocking, some shockingly funny. Here’s another one of those shockingly funny stories about preschoolers who wanted to go to hell.
Being a typical school day — I didn’t say “normal” because our days were never normal — my assistant, Ambur, and I were doing our thing in the Kindergarten/First Grade classroom. Midmorning, Paul, a childcare worker (we offered babysitting for our teachers), came downstairs interrupting my class. He said he had a situation and wasn’t sure how to handle it.
Two of the preschool boys got into a discussion about Satan and Hell. Understanding that Satan is the bad guy, the boys decided they wanted to go to Hell to beat him up. Paul tried to explain to Brandon and Jared they didn’t have to beat up Satan. Jesus already did it by dying on the cross and coming back to life on the third day. Heavy topic for the three-year-old boys to grasp. I did the best I could in breaking it down for them, but I didn’t do a particularly good job either.
I reassured Paul I’d let the parents know so they could help the boys understand why they didn’t have to go to…