Me: Does anyone know what a character flaw is?
5th grader: I know what flawless is. Is a flaw the opposite of Beyonce?— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) September 26, 2017
It's never good to insult other people, but I secretly LOVE when my 5th graders say, "Don't be such a Gilderoy Lockhart" to each other.
— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) February 7, 2017
Me: What's your story about?
Student: Dragons!
Student: turns in story about immigrant experience under Trump
Me: Great! But no dragons?— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) June 13, 2017
Learning from the goofiest 9yo writers this week. "She had the intelligence of ten dolphin brains combined." So good!
— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) July 12, 2017
Student: I like your hair.
Me: Thanks!
Student: It makes you look like a mom.
Me: Thanks?— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) July 14, 2017
Me: What 3 book character would you bring to a deserted island?
Student: Mary Poppins & Oliver Sacks
Me: That's just 2
Student: I know— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) July 19, 2017
My students are OBSESSED with nudibranch snails this week. I tell them to stop googling them, but tbh I'm a little obsessed now to. pic.twitter.com/xCmD7wNxWG
— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) August 3, 2017
Me: Can you me about your main character?
Student: Well, he's a fart that lives in a butt.— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) August 22, 2017
Most of my 7yo students writing: poop, poop, dinosaurs, poop
1 of my 7yo students writing: I'd like to explore perspective in this story— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) October 16, 2017
"Can't we just do some old fashioned writing?" – my 8yo student when I suggested we start workshop with a game.
— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) October 18, 2017
“Alison, you’re too old to dress up like a unicorn. People probably think you’re in preschool.” – my 2nd grade student pic.twitter.com/IBazdNOFHR
— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) October 27, 2017
I write "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Me: Does anyone know who said this?
Student: Harry Potter
Me: Okay, sure.— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) November 5, 2017
I polled my 10 yo writers on what character from a book should be president. The answers were Hermione, Luna Lovegood, Al Gore, & Not Gollum
— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) November 7, 2017
7yo student: In my house Donald Trump is a curse word. And I think Ronald Regan should be a curse word too.
— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) November 29, 2017
(different) 7yo student: Mermaids usually use the word "shellfish" when they mean "selfish" Do you know how I know that?
Me: How?
7yo: Because I'm a mermaid— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) November 29, 2017
9yo student: I hate the theater. It costs too much. You can't go outside until it's over. Sometimes you have to wear a tuxedo. Someone on the stage pretends to die, but they aren't dead. And the more excited you are, the worse the show is.
— Alison Doherty (@alisoncdoherty) November 29, 2017
Alison Doherty 
that’s so funny.
Thanks!
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This is the BEST.
Awww, thank you!