8th grade entertainment

Well, the 8th graders have been providing some entertainment the past few days, so maybe I should fill you in...

The kids have been taking standardized tests the past few days, which is always a good time to mess with them, especially the 8th grade since this is their first time doing it.

Student: How long are we going to be doing this?
Me: Until you're done, probably until about 10 o'clock tonight.
Students: What?? Really?
Girl Who Wants to Be My Best Friend: Are we going to have a sleepover?
Me: Yeah, boys in that room, girls in this room.
Girl: For real???

Then they had to fill out all of the information on the answer sheet, name, date, teacher, school, ethnicity, etc.
Girl Who Wants to Be My Best Friend: Do I mark black?
Me: No, mark Caucasian. [Note: none of my students are white]
Girl: Okay...
Me: No, I'm just kidding! Caucasian means white...

And today...

Flava Flav: Miss Book, do you ever go to the mall?
Me: What do you think?
Grandpa (have I talked about this kid? the kids call him Grandpa because of the way he walks or something...I don't know): She has a life, she doesn't just live here!
Flava Flav: I think you stay at home and do experiments on cats...

How did I suddenly become a crazy cat lady?!?!? a) I'm not old enough for that yet. b) I hate cats!

Know it All: Miss Book, are you one of those people who goes to Kennywood and wears the hat forward and the thing around your waist?
Me: What?
Know it All: You know, the pouch thing...
Me: A fanny pack?
KiA: Yeah, do you wear one of those?
Me: Just because I'm white doesn't mean I carry a fanny pack!
(At this they all got these incredulous/horrified looks on their faces and tried backpedaling to say, no, they would say the same thing about the other teachers, etc...it was pretty funny :) )

KiA: Miss Book, I like your shoes.
Me: Thank you.
KiA: Where did you get them?
Me: Payless...
Flava Flav: Don't say that! You shouldn't tell people that, you should lie and say you got them at Foot Locker.

KiA: Miss Book, come here.
Me: Excuse me?
KiA: Miss Book, can you come over here for a sec?
Me: What do you need?
KiA: My eye hurt, can you blow on it?

What????



When I get a chance, I need to post some pix from last Friday...