"How come the fourth quarter is so much longer than all the others?" a student asked me today when I mentioned that we would be officially three-quarters of the way through our school year in less than a week.
"It's not," I explained, "but we do have spring break in a few weeks, and that adds a little time."
"Really?" She looked at me quizzically. "Isn't it, like, four months?"
"No!" the whole class cried.
"It's not four full months, " I told her as her peers practically writhed in agony at the very thought. "We have just a week in March, then April, May, and part of June."
"Oh," she shrugged, "I thought we went to July."
"It's not," I explained, "but we do have spring break in a few weeks, and that adds a little time."
"Really?" She looked at me quizzically. "Isn't it, like, four months?"
"No!" the whole class cried.
"It's not four full months, " I told her as her peers practically writhed in agony at the very thought. "We have just a week in March, then April, May, and part of June."
"Oh," she shrugged, "I thought we went to July."
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