LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!

Thursday is Elle's last day of school! Yea!
It's been a great year. She had a fun teacher, who was always saying funny things.
Whenever Elle would tell me one of these "Popeisms," I'd write it down. So, for your viewing pleasure:

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW
I LEARNED IN
MR. POPE'S FIRST GRADE CLASS
by Elle Harvey
*Jealousy is bad (this was right after Chris' presentation on Dreamworks)
*Venice beach is the best for surfing
*Brush your tongue so your breath won't stink
* Sugar is bad for you
*You won't grow an orange if you swallow an orange seed
*When a ship is about to sink, ladies get off first and men stay and sink with the boat
*There's a food chain and guess what's at the top? US! (Even though things are bigger than us)
*There should be no more nose picking!
*When you wiggle a Sprite can, there's pressure inside and it wants to come out, so when we open it, here it comes, spraying like a volcano
*If you eat too much turkey, you'll get sleepy
*An inclined plane is just a fancy way to say “ramp”
*gum comes from a gum tree
*Don't brush your teeth too hard
*When your toothbrush top is flat, it's time to get a new toothbrush
* B.F.F. Means “best friends forever”
* We are Flinstone kids
*The secret to making our class sleepy: turn on the heater and make us watch a movie
* How to golf clap
*Mr. Pope can be nice sometimes
*Horses are dangerous creatures; if you stand in back of one, it may kick you.
* You're supposed to say, “One hundred fifty” not “one hundred AND fifty”
* spectacular means really really neat
* abdomen is another word for stomach
* a spectator is when someone watches something in real life, not like watching a movie, but like watching the circus
* vacant means empty
* dogs have six times better scent than us
*only tattle-tale on someone if they have a gun, knife, bomb, or their head is cracked open, or their eyeball is hanging out
* It's a free country. You can do whatever you want as long as you follow the law
* bi means two and tri means three
* Mr. Pope is a funny dancer
* the TV is an electric babysitter and idiot box
* Mr. Pope is like a dad because he carries sick and crying kids to the office and he pulls kids' teeth
*It's better to be a girl than a boy
*The governor is taking away our money for papers and art alley
* Two heads are better than one
* Mr. Pope can't wait until tomorrow because he gets better looking every day. (and so do we)