When I was a grade 7
teacher and taught ancient history to the kids, I loved learning with them
about Egyptian pyramids, hieroglyphics, the process of mummification… One day, while talking to them about pharaohs,
I pretended to reminisce about the olden days and wistfully, as if recalling cherished
memories, said, “Ah, Tutankhamun! I knew him well.” To my amazement, I could
see in the eyes of the kids that they believed me! I was 35 at the time and, no
doubt, I looked fairly ancient to them!
I always enjoyed laughing
with the children and they would often manage to say or do something that would
bring on laughter. On a social studies quiz following a unit on burial rites in
ancient Egypt, one young lad described the mummification process and referred to
the removal of the internal organs as the “emptying of the abominable
captivity.” How can one not have a good laugh at that!
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