Now why did I think of this today?

I guess it was watching the Science Fair from Buck House on the news...

A teaching colleague was working with an 8-year-old slow learner and finding conversation quite hard going. In desperation, she cast around the classroom for something that would inspire, and, seeing a model of the Solar System hanging from the ceiling, asked her to
'Tell me what you know about Mars'
'Oi likes 'em,' came the reply.

...then there was the time when I had 9-year-old, who had been diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum, in my class (main stream). We actually had a very good relationship, although he did drive me round the bend at times. One day, I said
'Oh Chris (names have been changed to protect the innocent). Every time I ask you to do anything, you do the opposite. There's a name for it...'
'Oh yes' he said, looking me straight in the eye. 'Slow torture.'
Suffice it to say, my TAs and I spent some time trying to control our laughter.