First Grade

If you have ever wondered how my teeth got so pearly white, it all started in first grade.

Mrs. Palmer was my teacher but in that school they would split the students up to different teachers for the different subjects like math and reading. For those subjects, Mrs. McDonald was my teacher.

Mrs. McDonald taught me many important lessons in life.

I specifically remember the day she taught us the different points on the numbers to point to when we were adding. You know, like on the 5 you point to the four sharp points and the one round point on the belly. If you are lost then go back to first grade and do a little reviewing.

I also remember the day she taught us how to spell "Leprechaun." That came in handy in second grade but that's a story for a different day.

Anyway.

One day we had a lesson about brushing our teeth. She even had a guest speaker come and do a demonstration for us.

Here is the only thing I remember her saying to us that day, "So, you're supposed to brush your teeth for a whole minute without stopping! I know I definitely need to work on that because I don't brush my teeth for very long."

I was shocked. How could a teacher not even brush her teeth long enough?!

I learned two important lessons that day.

1. Teachers don't know everything and they don't do everything right and I was just going to have to get used to it.

2. I really needed to practice brushing my teeth for a whole entire minute because I wasn't brushing mine nearly long enough and I was definitely going to get cavities if I didn't change my ways asap.

So I did. I brushed my teeth for a whole minute and then looked at the mirror to admire my good work. And it's obvious all my hard work has paid off. I mean look at these babies!

Jk. Jk.

That's better. Kind of.