Posts Tagged ‘work’
i lose myself sometimes
In a 9th grade class, I notice one girl has a big book for Bronte books.
Me: Hey, what is that book?
Girl: Oh, I’m reading it for silent reading time.
Me: <grabbing the book and leafing through it> man…it’s huge!…….That’s what shhh….<gasp>
Boy: (that I’ve taught since his 8th grade last year): That’s what SHE said…!
Me: @_@….<pretending not to hear it and quickly walks away>
I need to be a lot more careful. I don’t know what got into me.
Subject matters clash!
Teaching today and something stuck me. In fact, about 3 things strike me every day I teach, but I tend to forget them. This one I still remember because it is most recent.
Kid: Can you help us on this question?
Me: Sure! <reads it over. It is a word problem involving velocity, time it took, and asks for how long the distance was>. Okay, so, you use this equation. V=D/T. Do you guys know your algebra yet?
Kid: This is science.
Me: ….uh…..okay but, do you know your algebra? What math are you taking right now?
Kid: But this is science. It’s from science class. We’re learning about velocity.
Me: ….right….but…this is math. You have to know the math to do this problem. We’re using algebra to find the missing variable, D, the distance the train traveled.
Kid: ….oooh…… …
Yeah…I’m not sure why the kid thought that you didn’t need to know math for a science question.
Whelps
You know how people say “well….” and then people say “wellps….” Well, I just realized how much “wellps” sounds like “whelps” and instantly thought of Onyxia. If there’s a place where you fear whelps the most, or being punted into the whelp room, it’s Onyxia. Though it was pretty frightening doing UBRS the first few times. And the supression room in BWL is kind of annoying. Man, I almost forgot what BWL’s name was. It’s been thaaaaaat long.
Whelps, I’ve been at work again at the schools. So far no cute or funny stories. I went to a high school that I hadn’t been to last year, and saw some of my eighth graders that had gone up to ninth grade. They would be like, “Hey! I know you!” And the teachers are always have a thankful look when I walk in the room and would be like “omg thank goodness you are here. We’ve been waiting for you!” Maybe all teachers should get a tutor. Or just get paid more.
It’s raining today. Sporadically. I love going to schools when it rains. Rain just makes everything more interesting.