hmmm...

This is how I know I've been teaching here too long:

1. I can't eat the pizza without hot sauce on it. Like, literally took a piece and wasn't going to eat it if I couldn't find the hot sauce.

2. The following words came out of my mouth the other day when I saw a kid eating in the computer lab, "Grandpa Voice Boy! I'm 'bout to splow you!"

One point of view...

I'm not sure who said this but I just found a scrap of paper that I wrote it down on (I have a horrible memory so I scribble quotes down when kids say them and then just have to remember to post them...). I think it was a junior or a senior, and I totally forget the context...

"This school makes teachers want to go home and cut themselves."

HA! only sometimes...

:)

countries and kidneys

Student handing in completed physics test: "I'm finished. Like the stuff you put on wood."


Ms Brett: Name 10 countries in South America.
Eternal 8th Grader: Pride Rock!


Pregnant Development Staff Woman: putting on makeup in the bathroom
10th grade girl (walks into bathroom): "What are you trying to look nice for? You already have a husband AND you're pregnant!"


I walked in on a counseling presentation today that was taking place in my classroom. A woman was giving a presentation to the 10th grade girls about being an organ donor. (I think I've mentioned before about the tiny, spunky, adorable 8th grade girl we have who is waiting on a kidney transplant?) The woman was explaining that organs can be taken from people who have died, or sometimes they can take them from living donors. Upon realizing that it was possible to donate a kidney and still live, one of the girls immediately volunteered to donate hers to the 8th grader! Obviously she doesn't realize all that's involved, but I just thought it was sweet of her to volunteer to give to someone else so readily...

Back in the day...

The batteries and lightbulbs have made yet another appearance in 8th grade science. One of the boys was making his blink on and off and then asked:
"Is this how they used to send text messages?"

hehehe :)

On sickness and silliness...

I've been sick for the past week...some kind of cold/flu thing that is FINALLY going away. But it's made my voice sound a little like a frog...and these are some of the things I've been told in the past week:

1) "Ms Book, you sound like a tranny!"
2) that I sound like some old actress whom I've never heard of
3) that I need to start a sex hotline

And my voice also prompted the following interaction:
Obsessed with Charmed (did i rename him??): Miss Book, what happened to you?!?
Me: I'm turning into a man.
OwC: Oh. Good luck!

And today's review session with the 8th grade was quite interesting. I Didn't Kiss Her Boy insists on asking crazy questions until I cut him off (I finally made him stop when he started arguing with me about why we don't just ship all of our garbage to the moon/outer space). What follows are some of the questions I asked, and their answers:

Why should we use less water?
We shouldn't! We should use more, because there's too much water in the ocean and that's why we have so many hurricanes and tsunamis!

What's our recent crisis in the US? (I was hinting towards the economy)
Diapers! There are too many disposable diapers!

Who is the one who actually made your shirt? (trying to get them to see how what they buy affects people in other countries)
Hitler!

This one was a written response I received on a reflection essay:
"If we do use foccail [fossil] fuels we will chew up the equator."

Okay, so when the sulfur oxide gases get into the clouds, what do they make?
Money!
(the correct answer is acid rain, in case you were wondering :) )



Apparently I prayed for patience...and God sent me this group of 8th graders to give me some practice...