Conversations from Third Grade

Another conversation from my classroom that might make you chuckle:  

Setting:  I have just finished teaching a lesson on multiplication.  Students were just beginning an independent activity to be certain they understood the concept.  I'm circulating helping those who still have questions. 

Student 1 (from the scandalous skirt conversation) raises hand and asks:  Mrs. Brown, how in the world do you know all this stuff to teach us?  

Student 2 (a really cute by who sees everything as black or white):  Come on, (uses girl's name)! She definitely learned it at college, where'd you think she learned it?  (puts head down on desk with an exasperated sigh)

Student 1 turns to student 2 and gives him an "I wasn't asking you, buddy" look; then she looks to me as if to say, "aren't you going to tell me?"  

Me:  What grade are you in now?  

Student 1:  third.  

Me:  Well, I went to third grade once.  I learned it first in third grade.  (Then, to student 2) But I did learn how to teach it to you at college.  

Student 2 turns to student 1 and looks at her as if to say, "I'm not as stupid as you thought, am I?"  

And then, here's the one that made me feel ancient.  

Setting:  We're studying Ireland, and we're discussing why we should get our information from an encyclopedia from 2007 rather than 1986.  

Me:  What has changed since 1986?  

Various students give various answers.  

Student 1:  Mrs. Brown, were you born in 1986?  

Student 2 chimes in before I can: Of course she wasn't, she's not that old!  

Me:  Actually, I was born before 1986.  

Class:  Gasps

Student 1: Were there cars back then?  

Me:  Yes.

Student 2:  What about t.v.'s?   

Me:  Of course there were t.v.'s.  

We went on with our lesson from there, but I learned that they have absolutely no concept of age!