Thursday, April 7, 2011

More Funny

Some of you know that we had a break from teaching.  I am not going to get into it here, but it was too long.  We are back in the classroom and better than ever.  I got a new set of students.  They are just as funny as the first group I had.  I find that I say, "Oh my gosh" on a fairly regular basis.  They think this is hilarious.  We will finish the day with a joke or two.  Somewhere along the road, they decided that jokes weren't good enough and they needed to give me riddles.  Every day (sometimes every hour) they will give me a riddle to solve.  Some of them have been super easy, others I think might be lost in translation.  Nevertheless, it is great fun.  They call it my homework and I fake complain about how much work they are giving me, just like they complain about how much work I have given them.  My assignment this weekend has something to do with ducks that I am certain was not translated correctly because I have NO idea what the answer will be.  Oh well, I have a couple of days to dwell on it. 

My favorite exchange from this week:


When students sneeze, I say, "Bless you."  I have done this since the class started and they always repeat it as if it is the strangest thing I have said in class.  Then they will ask how to spell it.  For whatever reason, this happens every single time someone sneezes and I say it. 
Today a student said, "Bless you (no, I had not sneezed and neither had anyone else). Teacher, do I say 'Bless you too?'"
"Nope, you can say thank you," I said. 
"Nope?  What does this mean, 'nope?'"
"Oh my gosh.  Have you finished the exercise?"
"Oh my gosh.  (lots of laughter) Fifty-fifty."
"I will explain it after it is 100% finished."

Good times.  I do love teaching.  Love, M

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