Teachers are challenged with explaining many of life’s details to kids every day. And the resulting conversations can be unexpectedly hilarious. One teacher shared her story of how she had to explain to one of her 1st grade deaf students that hearing people could hear farts. Bodily functions are humorous to kids at the best of times, but this revelation to her deaf students reveals curious kids always want the answers.
The teacher posted the exchange she had in the classroom on Facebook, which was later shared by Anna Lind Thomas.
She introduced the conversation as follows:
But that was only the beginning of the confusion.
The teacher wrote:
Kid 1: Why are they looking at me?
Me: Because they heard you fart.
Kid 1: Whhhhat do you mean?!?!
Me: Hearing people can hear farts.
Then there was the moment they realized their mom farts, their dad farts, everyone farts…
Kid 2: *Totally horrified* Wait, they can hear all farts?!
Me: Well no. Not all farts but some of them yes.
Kid 3: How do you know which farts they can hear and which farts they can’t?
Me: Hmmm … you know how sometimes you can feel your butt move when you fart? A lot of those they can hear. But if your butt doesn’t move it’s more likely they didn’t hear it.
They were horrified. Then curious.
Kid 1: TELL THEM TO STOP LISTENING TO MY FARTS! THAT IS NOT NICE!
Me: Hearing kids can’t stop hearing farts, it just happens.
Kid 2: I just will stop farting then.
Me: Everyone farts, it is healthy. You can’t stop.
Kid 3: Wait, everyone? Even my mom?
Me: Yep.
Kid 2: My Dad?
Me: Yep.
Kid 1: …. You?
Me: Yep.
By the end of their conversation, her students were resigned to the reality that farts made noise. Not that they liked it.
Kids: *Laugh hysterically*
Kid 1: So you can hear and small all the farts?
Me: Some of the farts, yes. Not all of them.
Kid 2: Can hearing people see farts?
Kid 3: Yeah. Green smoke comes out of their butt, I saw it on TV.
Me: That doesn’t happen in real life.
Kid 1: What?! Ugh, I don’t understand farts.
… I went to college for 8 years to have these conversations.
We think the teacher did a marvelous job tackling the subject don’t you think?
The story has since gone viral and Anna Lind Thomas says her friend has just dubbed her “Queen of Fart Stories on the Internet”. She humorously added, “It’s not the life I’ve chosen, but it’s a life I’ll embrace.”
People also shared their funny stories. Amy Kelty commented, “I read about a young girl who had a cochlear implant. The first time she farted after the surgery, she looked around at her butt and exclaimed loudly, “It makes NOISE?” Unfortunately, she happened to be in church…. lol.”
Another teacher, Julie Blair wrote, “This is so TRUE!!!! I have to tell my students all the time, if you can feel it…I more than likely can hear it. The look of astonishment on their faces is priceless.” While another wrote, “As a former sign language interpreter, this just made my night.”
Other readers remarked, “I love this so much! The innocence of children is so so precious!”
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