Kool Aid and Kisses...

My advisees are so gullible. They were asking me about who had just been suspended, and I didn't want to put the kid's business out there, so I wouldn't tell. Finally I told them that it was Mr. Cody and that I had sent him home for making fun of students. One of my girls TOTALLY believed me! I couldn't keep up the lie; I just started cracking up...

Today I asked Mr. Know-It-All to explain something we'd done in class. The way he explained it didn't quite make sense, so I asked him another question to help him to see that he was wrong. The exchange went something like this...
me: Okay, but how does the water get into the test tube?
Mr. K: ... Science!

Sorry, this isn't like Sunday School where "Jesus!" is always a safe answer... :)


We also talked about diffusion in 8th grade and Wannabe Gangsta was trying to relate it to something he knew...
WG: So is that why you have to stir Kool Aid when you make it?
Me: Well, sort of, yes. I mean, if you just add the sugar and let it sit for like a week or two then eventually it's all going to be mixed together because the molecules are always in motion.
WG: Kool Aid doesn't last that long in a black household!


In case you haven't been able to tell or don't know me, I love messing with the kids to see what I can get them to believe. Some of them know this and can play along beautifully. For example, I had the juniors in class the other day and one of them looked out the door and saw the Spanish teacher (a friend of mine who's younger than me) talking to Rev. Tom (the 50something head of school).
student: I swear Ms. S just blew a kiss to Rev. Tom!
me (nonchalantly): Oh, you don't know about them?
Light of My Life: How do you think she keeps this job? She doesn't know THAT much Spanish!