Today I sat in on a class of Grade 9s. They were hyper, but lovely. Check out the response after I tried to tell a student that something he’d said was false…

Student A: That’s not a lie, that’s a fib.

Me: Actually, they’re both together, under [gesturing] a big umbrella called Dishonesty.

Student B: I have that umbrella. At my house…

Is it any wonder why I can’t keep a straight face?