Zombies are not real

I teach special education in an elementary school and I love it...  most of the time. I wear many hats and one of them is to take a small, eclectic group of younger students and work with them on reading and math skills. I call them my little bitties. There are 6 of them and I have them the first hour of my day. I never really know what is going to happen each day, and that used to bother me, but as the year has progressed, I've learned to just roll with it. For example, on Monday my lesson plans showed that we would be exploring the wonders of the short o word family, but instead, I spent the morning trying to convince one of my students that zombies were not real. No they are not. I know you saw them last night on tv, but not everything on tv is real. No it's not. Just because your cousin says that a zombie ate his cat does not mean they are real. Zombies are NOT REAL! As I passed his desk, I heard him whisper, "Zombies are real" very, very quietly. Sometimes, you just have to let it go. So if your cat is missing...... maybe the zombies got him!