A few weeks ago, Katie's nursery school was doing a theme on 'People Who Help Us', and asked me to come and say a few words to the tots about my chosen profession. Having done this before for both reception classes at Jamie's school and for Katie's other nursery (she's at two - long story) I agreed quite equably, turned up, gave the assembled preschoolers a few minutes of discourse on how my job helps others, and showed them my stethoscope. (More accurately, I showed them the stethoscope I'd borrowed from one of the practices I work for, my own having gone AWOL.)
"Doctors help us," my daughter mused to me later on, "so we need you. Even though you don't know as much as Daddy."
Charming. Reminds me of the time when Barry first went back to work, and was telling Jamie about what was required in becoming an engineer. "You have to pass lots of exams," he explained, "which means you have to answer a lot of questions to see if you know the answers to them. Then you have to go to university and do lots more exams."
"I think," Jamie mused to me later that evening, "I'll be a doctor when I grow up. Because I don't know the answer to very many questions."
Definitely vintage.
A few days after my eldest daughter had settled into playgroup and it had become clear that she was able to read with remarkable fluency, I was met at the door on collection by the teacher with, "you know x is very bright...goodness, your husband must be awfully intelligent"
True of course, but heck, SHE did not know it!
Keep up these wonderful posts. Granny C
Posted by: Granny C | Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 22:34