"i'm not a you, i'm a me!" - is it normal for kids to do this?

Here's a typical conversation between a teacher and I in primary school (some time between the ages of 6 and 8).

Teacher: "E, you need to do this"/"You are being funny[or whatever other adjective]"
Me: "I'm not a you, I'm a me!"

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I found it incredibly confusing whenever a teacher tried to talk to me using correct grammar and I could NOT understand who on earth this 'you' was. Anyway, I think that's how my mind worked at the time.
Oddly enough, I wasn't saying it to deliberately answer the teacher back.

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Comments ( 13 )
  • randomjelly

    My brain just shit itself and died.

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  • pluto88

    I get it. Nah I think most kids recognize that they can be addressed by their names or the word "you" by the time they can talk. Not normal.

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  • envy_wrath

    being a kid was awesome!

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  • Avant-Garde

    I'm surprise your parents didn't take you to a brain specialist. That's not normal.

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    • BlueAlice

      I'm autistic (and had been diagnosed before I could talk).
      So.... in a a way, I guess they must have done?!

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      • Avant-Garde

        They must have. What I'm curious about is whether or not your teachers brought this up with your parents.

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        • BlueAlice

          I was diagnosed at 2/3 and in special needs education till I was 16, if that counts for anything

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          • Avant-Garde

            It does. The reason I asked because nowadays teachers report anything they view to be "out-of-the-ordinary" with their students. I think this is done either because its a law or because they fear facing a lawsuit.

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    • robbieforgotpw

      Power manures where YOU are standing

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      • Avant-Garde

        Tsk, tsk, tsk. When will you ever learn? That wasn't me it was a very realistic dummy.

        Better luck next time!

        *Disappears down a manhole*

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  • RobGanja

    breath bro....

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  • BlueAlice

    I didn't talk until I was 4.5, maybe 5... could that have something to do with it?!

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  • 1985

    What?

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