Prooverty

As a teacher I continue to be completely caught off guard by the comments my precious darlings say sometimes.  Today was one of those times.  At recess my girls crowd around me and talk like I am not even there.  Most of the time I'm only half listening because I am also having to watch out for the violence and trash-talking brewing in two-hand touch football.  They can be so competitive.  But anyway, today in my half listening, the girls got my attention when I heard Mikkia say, "Yeah, she got them polka dots on her face.  She got 'em all over her face."  When the other girls asked her what polka dots were she simply said, "You know.  You get them when you are in prooverty."  By the looks on the girls faces, Mikkia realized they had no idea what she was talking about so she began to explain.  I watched as the looks on their faces turned to fear as she went into detail about growing beards and their voice changing.  My girls all quickly decided that they wanted nothing to do with "prooverty."  And after hearing what all Mikkia had to say, I don't blame them.  I don't think I want anything to do with it either.