So.. it's the end of February!
Where has the time gone?
Remember how the BYU Winter Semester rolls by SOOOO slowly?
I thought that it'd be like that here whilst teaching...
but not so!
(Which is a good thing- Spring Break is RIGHT around the corner!)
I digress...
THUS it's time for another "10 Ghetto Silly Teaching Moments"-
here we go.
10.
I have some trouble makers in my class.
Everyone does.
One of them was recently switched out, and the other has been suspended for the last two months...
and I have praised the heavens.
Does that make me a bad person?
I'm not good at math but I do know this...
Suspended students = Happy Teacher
9.
We had three weeks of Tap.
Which was three weeks from Hades.
Imagine the sound that a tap shoe makes...
now imagine 30 students in said tap shoes...
none of whom know how to tap,
for 7 hours, everyday, for three weeks.
It was racket all day long.
I had so many headaches.
8.
On top of "Tap" headaches-
inevitably 20 pair of shoes would break... everyday.
I had gluing parties in my room on a daily basis.
Pretty sure the glue instructions were "not to use indoors due to toxic smells"...
but we did anyway.
And I can guarantee that I lost a few brain cells.
Which may or may not have helped the headaches.
7.
In life, it's about the little things that get you through the day.
Do you know what I look forward to everyday after 7th period?
Crossing another day off on my calendar-
signifying that I made it.
It's quite literally the highlight of my day.
6.
I think I had forgotten what Valentines Day was like in high school...
because I was in shock!
I've never seen so many monster-sized teddy bears in all my life!
And it didn't stop there-
there were flowers, chocolates, cupcakes, love notes, perfume and roses galore.
Insane.
5.
Talking with one of my students about "Chipotle" burritos...
Me: "I usually get the steak burrito..."
Student: "Well I usually get the beef burrito kuz I don't like steak."
Me: "Steak is beef."
Student: "Steak isn't beef! Steak is steak!"
Me: "It's beef.... like... it comes from a cow."
Student: "No way!"
Me: "And did you know that ham is pork?"
Student: "What?! Stop lying to me!"
This is the same student who didn't know that carrots and celery were a vegetable.
What are we teaching these kids in school?
4.
There is this girl in my 2nd period class who just cracks me up.
Everything she says is beyond ridiculous.
She came in late one day...
Me: "Where were you?"
Student: "Ah, Ms. B... they done had me up in the Principal's office because of something I said. I dunno why they hafta let up like that and make me tardy for class. You done know that I'm gonn be suspended now?"
Me: "Well what'd you say to the principal to make him mad?"
Student: "Just that I was gonn shoot his head off."
Yep... that would do it. I'd suspend you, too.
3.
My pen gets stolen EVERY day during 2nd period.
I take roll and set my pen down, next thing I know- it's gone.
There is one student who always sits on my table right next to my pen, and she always denies she takes it.
I'm going to set up cameras :)
2.
Sometimes I eat a snack between 3rd and 4th period because eating breakfast at 5:00 am will make you hungry by 10:00.
So I'm eating my string cheese and a student walks in early, looks at me and quickly turns away in disgust at the string cheese in my hand.
"You be eatin' that nasty string cheese?"
"Yep."
"Well don't talk to me kuz your breath gonn be stanky."
Thanks.
1.
You sick of me talking about Tap, yet?
Oh good... because this was one of my favorite moments.
"Today we are going to be learning how to do a cramp roll."
"A what? A TRAMP roll? Kuz I be good at those."
*sigh*
"CRAMP roll. With a 'C'!"
Really?
I have some trouble makers in my class.
Everyone does.
One of them was recently switched out, and the other has been suspended for the last two months...
and I have praised the heavens.
Does that make me a bad person?
I'm not good at math but I do know this...
Suspended students = Happy Teacher
We had three weeks of Tap.
Which was three weeks from Hades.
Imagine the sound that a tap shoe makes...
now imagine 30 students in said tap shoes...
none of whom know how to tap,
for 7 hours, everyday, for three weeks.
It was racket all day long.
I had so many headaches.
8.
On top of "Tap" headaches-
inevitably 20 pair of shoes would break... everyday.
I had gluing parties in my room on a daily basis.
Pretty sure the glue instructions were "not to use indoors due to toxic smells"...
but we did anyway.
And I can guarantee that I lost a few brain cells.
Which may or may not have helped the headaches.
In life, it's about the little things that get you through the day.
Do you know what I look forward to everyday after 7th period?
Crossing another day off on my calendar-
signifying that I made it.
It's quite literally the highlight of my day.
I think I had forgotten what Valentines Day was like in high school...
because I was in shock!
I've never seen so many monster-sized teddy bears in all my life!
And it didn't stop there-
there were flowers, chocolates, cupcakes, love notes, perfume and roses galore.
Insane.
Talking with one of my students about "Chipotle" burritos...
Me: "I usually get the steak burrito..."
Student: "Well I usually get the beef burrito kuz I don't like steak."
Me: "Steak is beef."
Student: "Steak isn't beef! Steak is steak!"
Me: "It's beef.... like... it comes from a cow."
Student: "No way!"
Me: "And did you know that ham is pork?"
Student: "What?! Stop lying to me!"
This is the same student who didn't know that carrots and celery were a vegetable.
What are we teaching these kids in school?
There is this girl in my 2nd period class who just cracks me up.
Everything she says is beyond ridiculous.
She came in late one day...
Me: "Where were you?"
Student: "Ah, Ms. B... they done had me up in the Principal's office because of something I said. I dunno why they hafta let up like that and make me tardy for class. You done know that I'm gonn be suspended now?"
Me: "Well what'd you say to the principal to make him mad?"
Student: "Just that I was gonn shoot his head off."
Yep... that would do it. I'd suspend you, too.
3.
My pen gets stolen EVERY day during 2nd period.
I take roll and set my pen down, next thing I know- it's gone.
There is one student who always sits on my table right next to my pen, and she always denies she takes it.
I'm going to set up cameras :)
Sometimes I eat a snack between 3rd and 4th period because eating breakfast at 5:00 am will make you hungry by 10:00.
So I'm eating my string cheese and a student walks in early, looks at me and quickly turns away in disgust at the string cheese in my hand.
"You be eatin' that nasty string cheese?"
"Yep."
"Well don't talk to me kuz your breath gonn be stanky."
Thanks.
1.
You sick of me talking about Tap, yet?
Oh good... because this was one of my favorite moments.
"Today we are going to be learning how to do a cramp roll."
"A what? A TRAMP roll? Kuz I be good at those."
*sigh*
"CRAMP roll. With a 'C'!"
Really?
