# Children send me letters! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121 "2005-11-28T22:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/1 "2005-11-28T22:35:22Z")
I work as a humane educator, going into about 15-20 classrooms each month to talk about some aspect of the human-animal relationship. Sometimes this frankly sucks, such as today, when I talked to a class of surly 15-year-old brutes about animal abuse and had to deal with their leering at photos of horribly maimed dogs. Makes me drink. But a couple of weeks ago I visited four third-grade classes, talked to them about the shelter, and played “54 dogs” with them, a simulation game in which the students use pictures of 54 dogs from the shelter to see how quickly unaltered animals can increase in population. I always ask teachers to send an evaluation form, and today I received my evaluations. And one class sent along letters. They are adorable! > [@](#): > > Dear Mr. Dorkness > > Thank you for coming to our class to tell us about the humane society. I realy, realy enjoyed the game that we played. > > I also have a cat and a dog at home. My cat is called Kitty Girl Shivery Muffin. She is mine. We also have a dog his name is Sparkey Danny H-, he is my brothers. > [@](#): > > Thank you for coming to our class to tell us about the humane society. I enjoyed it. It is verry sweet that you take kre of the animals. > [@](#): > > Dear Mr. Dorkness, > > Thank you for coming to ore class to tell us about the Humane Society. I learned something of what can happen to pets. I enjoyed your stay and your activity we played. It makes me happy when you take care of pets. You are a very nice man. Yay! I no longer have to drink! These letters just made my day (especially Kitty Girl Shivery Muffin, the best cat name ever), so I figured I would share :). Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/2 "2005-11-28T22:37:59Z")
> [@](#): > > [Animal Shelters Sale](http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BGd4MaIaLQ5jBA43o4AHcpaDkCKLooAfY8en4AcCNtwHwogQQARgBIJvS_gEoBEiVOVDI6rW5_v ____ 8BqgEKMTg3MzYzMjYwMrIBF2JvYXJkcy5zdHJhaWdodGRvcGUuY29tugEJNzI4eDkwX2FzyAEB2gE8aHR0cDovL2JvYXJkcy5zdHJhaWdodGRvcGUuY29tL3NkbWIvc2hvd3RocmVhZC5waHA_cD02ODQxNDQxlQIKOE0V&num=1&adurl=http://service.netmeans.com/bfast/click/%3Floc%3Dhttp%253A//search.ebay.com/video-animal_W0QQfclZ4%3Bbfinfo%3Da649302i16905716r1003104&client=ca-pub-8505671427584150) > New and used Animal Shelters > Check out the deals now! Okay, these Google ads are a little creepy. I click on this ad, and the fourth result it returns is for a ten-minute video on skinning deer. Maybe I drink a little. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/3 "2005-11-28T22:39:30Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > [Animal Shelters Sale]([http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BGd4MaIaLQ5jBA43o4AHcpaDkCKLooAfY8en4AcCNtwHwogQQARgBIJvS\_gEoBEiVOVDI6rW5\_v\_\_\_\_8BqgEKMTg3MzYzMjYw](http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BGd4MaIaLQ5jBA43o4AHcpaDkCKLooAfY8en4AcCNtwHwogQQARgBIJvS_gEoBEiVOVDI6rW5_v ____ 8BqgEKMTg3MzYzMjYw) MrIBF2JvYXJkcy5zdHJhaWdodGRvcGUuY29tugEJNzI4eDkwX2FzyAEB2gE8aHR0cDovL2JvYXJkcy5zdHJhaWdodGRvcGUuY29t L3NkbWIvc2hvd3RocmVhZC5waHA\_cD02ODQxNDQxlQIKOE0V&num=1&adurl=http://service.netmeans.com/bfast/click/%3Floc%3Dhttp%253A//search.ebay.com/video-animal\_W0QQfclZ4%3Bbfinfo%3Da649302i16905716r1003104&client=ca-pub-8505671427584150) > New and used Animal Shelters > Check out the deals now! Let’s see if that works better. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/4 "2005-11-28T22:43:47Z")
I just thought I’d say Hi so you weren’t the only poster in your thread. Also to second your opinion on the Best Cat Name Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/5 "2005-11-28T22:44:13Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Okay, these Google ads are a little creepy. Your OP is nice, and it’s great to get letters from little kids, but, to be honest, your thread title is a little creepy. 😉 Maybe you can ask a mod to change it to _Children sen **t** me letters!_ ---
**Author:** ![yanagi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f6c823/32.png) [@yanagi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanagi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/6 "2005-11-28T22:49:01Z")
I had a very bad, long, Monday, Daniel. Eating cold leftovers in front of the computer, hoping that something would make me laugh or smile. Your thread did better- made me feel warm and happy. Even happier that you are spreading the idea of kindness to little ones. And I agree, Kitty Girl Shivery Muffin is the best cat name ever. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/7 "2005-11-28T23:57:51Z")
How bizarre that a letter that begins with “Dear Mr. Dorkness” should turn out to be complimentary. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/8 "2005-11-29T00:04:51Z")
Sorry about the semicreepy title–that didn’t occur to me. Yeah, the Dear Mr. Dorkness letter may have started off mean, but you should’ve seen the one that began, “Hey, schmucko!” Daniel ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/9 "2005-11-29T15:07:55Z")
My veterinarian gave a presentation to a first-grade class. He took in a couple of animals and talked about the animals and how to care for them. Afterwards the kids each drew a picture and had the teacher write a caption under it. Most of the kids had captions like “Dr. Roper is a nice man” or “Kittens are cute”. One kid drew a picture that was probably intended to show Dr. Roper holding a cat. The caption was: “Without him all animals would die.” ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/10 "2005-11-29T15:32:16Z")
When mr.stretch was still working as a Support Enforcement Officer collecting child support (don’t hate us!), he got to do outreach to high school health classes and the teachers would assign the kids to write letters. Some of them made you cry for the world–15 year old kids who can’t write worth a damn. But some of them were very funny and it was the best part of the job. My favorites would be from the guys in the class saying things like “I didn’t know you could take my money even if I was in jail! I’ll never get a girl pregnant.” Or, “Thanks for coming in and explaining about child support. If I ever get a letter from your office, I will answer it so I won’t be a dad.” Getting letters from kids is the best! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/11 "2005-11-29T20:03:29Z")
That’s so cute! Arn’t kids great? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/12 "2005-11-29T23:28:18Z")
> [@stretch](#): > > Thanks for coming in and explaining about child support. If I ever get a letter from your office, I will answer it so I won’t be a dad." :eek: Someone needs to re-take health class! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/13 "2005-12-01T00:57:17Z")
May I also profess my fondness for the name Kitty Girl Shivery Muffin? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/14 "2005-12-01T01:07:59Z")
Are any of the letters like the ones on Conan last night? You know, showing things like the origin of the bird flu? ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-send-me-letters/333121/15 "2005-12-01T01:08:33Z")
> [@cabdude](#): > > May I also profess my fondness for the name Kitty Girl Shivery Muffin? Kitty Girl Shivery Muffin beats Shakila\*, the pocket-knife-wielding panther, I must say. \*Shakila the Panther figured prominently is a piece of third grade writing I had to read this week.