I overheard a conversation at school the other day. Two seventh grade girls were looking at a tree in the courtyard and arguing about what kind of tree it was. The conversation was actually in English. Even though they're supposed to always be speaking in English at school, the students rarely do if they can get away with speaking in Chinese instead. Of this pair of girls, however, one is from Russia and the other from Taiwan so their common language is English.

So back to the tree. There was something growing on it and one girl said it was a peach but the other one said, "It can't be a peach. They don't grow on trees." Hmm. I suggested that maybe it was a chestnut tree. And yes, peaches do indeed grow on trees. It's always good to grab those teachable moments.