Sit like a lady? Like a what?

Yet another group of 1st graders. . .

Yajaira was wearing her uniform dress today and was in her seat not sitting very lady-like with her little dress riding up inappropriately.

"Yajaira, sit in your seat and keep your legs together when you are wearing a dress. You want to sit like a lady."

Giggles from the troops.

"What's a lady?" someone questions.

"Like a girl," says Zoee.

"Like a woman," giggles Yadira.

"Or like this," Zoee says while she demonstrates sitting up straight with one knee crossed over the other.

"Or a gay man," chimes in Angel.

Not sure of what I heard, I asked him, "like what?"

"Like a gay man," he smiled.

Hmmm. . .now, I'm not really sure I heard what I thought I heard, or if it was something else. And I desperately tried to think of alternate responses. . . but I couldn't come up with anything. Dumbfounded, I quickly continued with the lesson. Man, these kids can sure catch me off-guard! Gotta stay on your toes with 1st graders--never know what they're going to say!