Things Not Seen

In my class, we've been reading "Things Not Seen" as a read-aloud. The story is about a kid who wakes up invisible one day. In the story the kid has to stay alone in his house for several days and is scared in the dark. So, he sleeps with EVERY light on in the house.

At the end of the chapter one of my students turns to me and says, "How was that possible?"

I looked at him and said, "How was what possible?"

To which my student said, "How could he stay in the house alone all night? Does he have money for the lights to be on all night like that? Wouldn't he lose electricity because he didn't pay the bill?"

I grinned ear to ear and proceeded to explain how electric bills are paid and that you don't pay each day for the lights to be on, you pay monthly.

I looked at RockStarPara, and we smiled at each other!

Once again, I was reminded that life is all about perspective. This kid had a good point, even though his perspective was that of a fourth grader. Life is different in fourth grade than it is as an adult. *grin*

Life.
Is.
Funny. :-)