The Daily Life of Sweetpea[s]

Today I was having trouble with a six-year-old student named J. He wasn't working on his color wheel after much encouragement. Finally I said, "J., why are you STILL not painting?" He started jumping up and down in a desperate sort of way. "The reason I'm not is....I really have to go to the bathroom!!" "J., then go! All you had to do was ask," I say.

A few minutes later he returns. "Wow, I feel a LOT better now." He looks up at me very seriously. "And you know, you really have to get that stuff out of there, because if you don't it can kill you."