from his teacher, please use the FART sign

Originally, the plan was for Henry to learn Chinese so that he could save us come the time when China will ultimately take over the world. My husband and I have visions of Henry speaking Chinese softly in the corner to one of his superiors saying something along the lines of "they are good people; one can scrub your floors, the other can wipe butts".

I'm teasing (sort of).

Actually, one reason we picked immersion for Henry because it so physical. They learn what Chinese words are by hand gestures, by pointing things out, by moving pictures on the smart board.

So, we get an email from Henry's teacher...

4. Please ask your child about the Fart Sign in our classroom. A lot of things happen in school but we learn how to deal with it together. Please have some FART manner, Dads. Some of you are setting very bad examples for your child. :P ( I have the name list. Please use the FART sign.)

That's right, they have a hand gesture for farting. It turns out, if a student needs to fart, he raises his hand showing the symbol and then they are given permission to go out of the class, into the hallway and fart.

Henry has demonstrated the fart sign for you here:


I have a sneaking suspicion that this symbol might mean 'something' more significant years from now, maybe some other kind of gas... run out of the room if you have knowledge of the fart sign kind of a thing.

I'm teasing (sort of).