the soft sell

SOUTH AFRICAN BOY IN MY CLASS: Ms Wonder, remember how on your birthday we had a dance party?
ME: Yes.
BOY: Well, that dance party was a kid idea right, not your idea?
ME: Right…
BOY: So sometime you do ideas that are from kids, not just ideas that are from you, right?
ME: That’s true.
BOY: Well then, I was wondering if we could do a carnival during Choice Time, because there are a bunch of us who have been building carnival rides out of Connectz. We could each stand next to the ride we made and tell the other kids about it.
ME: I think that would be okay. What kind of time line are you thinking of?
BOY: About a week.
ME: Can I give you a suggestion? Posters.
BOY: Oh yeah, that’s a good idea. Hmm. We’ll probably actually need two weeks. And I think we should invite Ms M.’s class as well.
ME: Okay.
BOY: Okay.
Such amazing salesmanship! He had me at “Remember how on your birthday we had a dance party.” I love thinking of him plotting his approach- he knew he had me nailed down. Anyway, I’ll post carnival pictures in two weeks.
THIS IS MY JOB!!!!