Too Many Questions...

It's that time of year again... that time at the end of school year when teachers and students start practicing for "Songfest". Every year the second graders practice on the basketball court below my classroom, and in order to get their stereo system working will ask to plug an extension cord in my room, which they then thread out the window and down towards the blacktop.

Well, today...just like on most days... kids were outside our classroom practicing for songfest. I usually just tune it out and get on with whatever stuff we are doing in class, so I really didn't take much notice to it. One of my students, on the other hand, did. We were in the middle of transitioning, trying to get cleaned up and ready for our next task. All of a sudden one of my boys says to me in a very quizzical sounding voice, "Ms. Jennings! How is there music outside!?! The cord isn't even plugged in???" At this point in the day there wasn't even 30 minutes left of school, and frankly didn't really care how they had their music playing and I didn't really have the energy to think up an explanation.
"I don't know," I replied
But he couldn't let it go. He was persistant. "But, Ms. Jennings, how are they doing that? How can they have music if the cord isn't plugged in?"
After an entire day and almost an entire week of endless student questions I just didn't have it in me to give him an answer. So I said, "How do you think they are doing it?" I honestly could not think of any justifiable answer to give him, and I figured I would see what he would say. And then he said the most obvious thing...
It was like a lightbulb went on and he said, "They plugged it into another classroom."

Of course, why didn't I think of that...