Do You Know What Day It Is?

Birthdays--a great reason to celebrate. At school it means some sort of yummy treat, singing "Happy Birthday" including "How old are you?", and a gift. We just celebrated a 12th yesterday, and the cookies were delicious! If I really put my mind to it, I could probably name the birthday of almost any student I have ever taught--yeah, I'm just weird like that. So today, I say happy birthday to Cassie. Several years ago (probably more than either of us care to count), I was her second grade teacher. On the morning of April 15, all of my kindergarten through second graders were gathered around the calendar to do our morning activities. I drew attention to the date and said that it was a special day and asked, "Does anyone know why?" Promptly, one of my first graders--the birthday girl's cousin--got excited and raised his hand. Imagine my surprise when I called on him and heard him say, "It's Tax Day!"