i had chicken pox when i was in the fifth grade; i was unknowingly exposed right before i switched schools (my parents got divorced and we had to move.) on day two or three at my new school, i started showing symptoms, and pretty soon had singlehandedly started a chicken pox epidemic at the new school. my future husband was in my new fifth grade class, and still thinks it's funny to tell people that i gave him the herp when i was ten. also, i'm helping my second grader study for spelling; check out some of the words over a two-week period: groan, squealed, stool, tuna, gland, fist, and cavity.

*edited to add there is also the word "raccoon"; just remembered james' raccoon thread...