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It was my formal evaluation day. My evaluator (my assistant principal) was in the back of the room, writing down everything I said and did and everything my kids said and did. I had great kids so I wasn’t in the least bit worried. It was during the first period and they were quiet and working on assignments during announcements. Quiet and engaged and working. Beautiful. Then we got to the joke of the day. “What did the wave say to the shore?” And my class smarta** (who I adored, btw, he was hilarious) YELLS “WHAT UP, BEACH?” I totally laughed. Did fine on my evaluation.Teachers-Share-Funny-Things-Students-Said
I’m a physics teacher and I used to do a problem where I shoved a random boy group off a cliff (I think that year it was one direction). Anyways I set up the whole scenario and problem and I look at the class and ask “what’s the first step” a boy who was usually fairly quiet chimes in with “Mr. we need to hide the bodies”Teachers-Share-Funny-Things-Students-Said
It was my formal evaluation day. My evaluator (my assistant principal) was in the back of the room, writing down everything I said and did and everything my kids said and did. I had great kids so I wasn’t in the least bit worried. It was during the first period and they were quiet and working on assignments during announcements. Quiet and engaged and working. Beautiful. Then we got to the joke of the day. “What did the wave say to the shore?” And my class smarta** (who I adored, btw, he was hilarious) YELLS “WHAT UP, BEACH?” I totally laughed. Did fine on my evaluation.Teachers-Share-Funny-Things-Students-Said
I’m a physics teacher and I used to do a problem where I shoved a random boy group off a cliff (I think that year it was one direction). Anyways I set up the whole scenario and problem and I look at the class and ask “what’s the first step” a boy who was usually fairly quiet chimes in with “Mr. we need to hide the bodies”Teachers-Share-Funny-Things-Students-Said
I teach Koreans. There is no "V" sound in the Korean language, so a lot of stuff with a "V" becomes a "P" or "B". Balentine's Day, for example. They know what a "V" is, so pronunciation just depends on if they've read the word using the Korean alphabet or the English one. One time, a group of students wanted to do a skit about Sailor Venus. So the whole skit was about "Sailor Penis," "Sailor Penis" fights using Penis's power of love, and ties down enemies using her special penis love chain.
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I worked in an innercity school. First day, I got around hard to pronounce names by calling out last names to check attendance, and asking my kiddos what name they preferred... and explained even nicknames were ok, so long as parents knew who I would be calling about. I get to one particularly dark skinned young man and he says something that sounds like “bluk boi” I look around and no one is laughing. I ask him to repeat himself a couple of times and finally and clearly says, “black boy”. Rest of convo went like this- Me laughing: black boy!? You want me to call you black boy?! Him, totally serious: yeah, everyone calls me that. Even my grandma. Me: so let me get this straight, when I need your attention you want me, a white guy, to shout out “hey Black boy come here.”, “hey black boy, sit down”, “hey black boy pay attention”? Other kids finally realize what I’ve been laughing about and start to laugh too. Him: yeah (said like I’m an idiot) Me: you’re just trying to get me fired aren’t you Him: so you’re not gonna call me black boy? Me: I can’t man. Did you get another nickname? Him: How about Monkey We settled on BB for the year.
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I had a student who was a newcomer (just moved to the US, almost no English) from Latvia. This kid is very bright and was one of my favorite 6th graders ever. We were having our annual jogathon, which is linguistically and culturally not translatable from Latvian. Student: So I pay you and you make me run? Me: Yeah, that's actually how it goes. Student: This is simple. I don't pay you, you don't make me run. Me: uhhhh....
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I’m a physics teacher and I used to do a problem where I shoved a random boy group off a cliff (I think that year it was one direction). Anyways I set up the whole scenario and problem and I look at the class and ask “what’s the first step” a boy who was usually fairly quiet chimes in with “Mr. we need to hide the bodies”Teachers-Share-Funny-Things-Students-Said
I teach Koreans. There is no "V" sound in the Korean language, so a lot of stuff with a "V" becomes a "P" or "B". Balentine's Day, for example. They know what a "V" is, so pronunciation just depends on if they've read the word using the Korean alphabet or the English one. One time, a group of students wanted to do a skit about Sailor Venus. So the whole skit was about "Sailor Penis," "Sailor Penis" fights using Penis's power of love, and ties down enemies using her special penis love chain.Teachers-Share-Funny-Things-Students-Said
It was my formal evaluation day. My evaluator (my assistant principal) was in the back of the room, writing down everything I said and did and everything my kids said and did. I had great kids so I wasn’t in the least bit worried. It was during the first period and they were quiet and working on assignments during announcements. Quiet and engaged and working. Beautiful. Then we got to the joke of the day. “What did the wave say to the shore?” And my class smarta** (who I adored, btw, he was hilarious) YELLS “WHAT UP, BEACH?” I totally laughed. Did fine on my evaluation.Teachers-Share-Funny-Things-Students-Said
I had a student who was a newcomer (just moved to the US, almost no English) from Latvia. This kid is very bright and was one of my favorite 6th graders ever. We were having our annual jogathon, which is linguistically and culturally not translatable from Latvian. Student: So I pay you and you make me run? Me: Yeah, that's actually how it goes. Student: This is simple. I don't pay you, you don't make me run. Me: uhhhh....Teachers-Share-Funny-Things-Students-Said
I worked in an innercity school. First day, I got around hard to pronounce names by calling out last names to check attendance, and asking my kiddos what name they preferred... and explained even nicknames were ok, so long as parents knew who I would be calling about. I get to one particularly dark skinned young man and he says something that sounds like “bluk boi” I look around and no one is laughing. I ask him to repeat himself a couple of times and finally and clearly says, “black boy”. Rest of convo went like this- Me laughing: black boy!? You want me to call you black boy?! Him, totally serious: yeah, everyone calls me that. Even my grandma. Me: so let me get this straight, when I need your attention you want me, a white guy, to shout out “hey Black boy come here.”, “hey black boy, sit down”, “hey black boy pay attention”? Other kids finally realize what I’ve been laughing about and start to laugh too. Him: yeah (said like I’m an idiot) Me: you’re just trying to get me fired aren’t you Him: so you’re not gonna call me black boy? Me: I can’t man. Did you get another nickname? Him: How about Monkey We settled on BB for the year. Judah Phelps • upvoted 3 items 3 months ago
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