Some days, your students make you laugh without meaning to; it is one of the joys of teaching.  This is one of those examples.

I have a birthday board where I post birthdays daily, and the students can write messages to the birthday person on the whiteboard.

Girl: Ms. Holst, what grade is Taylor in? I see that it’s her birthday.

Me: She’s in 6th grade.

Girl: Has she had her period yet?

Me: (Looking at her strangely) What? Why would you want to know if she has had her period? That’s weird.

Girl: Nooooooooo. I mean, has she had your CLASS PERIOD yet? I wanted to know if she would see what I wrote.

Let’s just say I cried laughing, and I couldn’t teach for awhile after that one.