This semester has been a whirlwind. I know my kids have said TONS of really weird and funny things, I, unfortunately, have done a poor job at recording them.
Here are some things that I can remember and that are fresh on my mind:
1. Today I told a group of kids:
"You can practice licking your nostrils after you complete your work"
2. In 4th block Geo, one of my students (jokingly) asked: Why do you hate me?
My response? [pretending to read from a piece of paper] A reenactment of 10 Things I Hate About You when Kat (Julia Stiles) reads her poem about Patrick (Heath Ledger) to the class. You know, "I hate it, I hate the way your talk to me...But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even a little bit. Not even at all!!" I pretended to run out of the room crying.
Got a small applause from the class.
3. I teach an after school credit completion Geometry class until Spring Break. It's basically like summer school during the school year. It's kind of fun because it's a pretty random group of kids, so I've gotten to build new relationships, which is always a plus.
On Wednesday, I was helping a student at my desk, so I pulled over a chair. He went back to his desk, but sat on it instead of in a chair. I asked if he wanted his chair back. Here's what follows:
Student: No. I'm okay.
Me: Okay, well I'm going to put it by you just in case.
Student: What, every chair has a home?
So, (naturally) I begin to sing to sing to my student, "Every chair has its home" to the tune of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison. I included a little bit about how every desk has its own classroom.
Totally weirded the boy out.
