One of my students went to Nashville for the Christmas break! I told him I was so jealous he got to go to my hometown for Christmas. He sweetly broke the news to me as he was also informing me that he would be skipping the week of school before the break because "it takes a long time to fly to Nashville."
True story.
Anyway, he's back from his trip now, so today I was standing with him and a few other students as we were discussing our various vacations. He was telling me all about what he saw in Nashville and how much he loved it and how funny his family found it that there is a Lebanon, Tennessee (he is Lebanese). We were laughing at the funny way we pronounce Lebanon (it's said "Leb'nin" in Tennessee as opposed to "Leb-uh-non" in the Middle East) when another student said, "Nashville is in Tennessee, right?"
"Yep! That's right, " I answered.
"Tennessee... I always see that in the grocery store."
"You do?!"
"Yeah. It's on bottles with black labels."
He was talking about Jack Daniels!! I laughed and said, "Not at any grocery stores here, I hope!!"
He chuckled and said, "No. In Switzerland."
Switzerland. His family vacations there for the holidays...he's in sixth grade. This is my life, folks. Sometimes it overwhelms me how much I love it!
Vicariously yours,
True story.
Anyway, he's back from his trip now, so today I was standing with him and a few other students as we were discussing our various vacations. He was telling me all about what he saw in Nashville and how much he loved it and how funny his family found it that there is a Lebanon, Tennessee (he is Lebanese). We were laughing at the funny way we pronounce Lebanon (it's said "Leb'nin" in Tennessee as opposed to "Leb-uh-non" in the Middle East) when another student said, "Nashville is in Tennessee, right?"
"Yep! That's right, " I answered.
"Tennessee... I always see that in the grocery store."
"You do?!"
"Yeah. It's on bottles with black labels."
He was talking about Jack Daniels!! I laughed and said, "Not at any grocery stores here, I hope!!"
He chuckled and said, "No. In Switzerland."
Switzerland. His family vacations there for the holidays...he's in sixth grade. This is my life, folks. Sometimes it overwhelms me how much I love it!
Vicariously yours,
haha. My first inclination was that he must know it from Tennessee Pride sausage..but then I was like, "wait, do they have pork in kuwait?" Then I felt dumb and started googling.
ReplyDeletewish I'd known he was here- could have sent you some stuff maybe. Did he like it here? What did he do while in town? Go to the Opry? Ha
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