Me- "Uh, I don't think so. Why?"
Student- "Well, everyone else is bigger than me, so I thought they are more like cats and I am the mouse."
(back story- We have a program PBIS (positive behavior intervention system) at school, and we try to be exemplary CATS. We are the wildcats and the letters stand for things. We try to be "cats in the hallway". Sometimes we ask the students to act like cats, and some of them meow. Other times we will make funny comments concerning cats talking. This kid took it a whole different way and thought he must be a mouse since he was short. A few weeks later this student told me he has a swagger walk and showed me three different ones. He cracks me up daily in class. He always wants me as his partner, as if he thinks I am going to partner with him and give him all the answers! :)
I asked them to put their universal heading on their paper (name, date, class period, assignment). I gestured toward the board where the universal heading outline like the above list is hanging. A kid apparently thought I pointed to the board where I had a quote. He thought I wanted them to write, "Integrity is doing the right thing when no one else is watching" at the top of their paper.
One of the other teachers told me a student came up to her and said "I saw your friend in that picture dancing in the hallway". That apparently was me and she came to me about it. I was a little concerned because I didn't remember dancing in the hall. Well, it turned out she saw another person. I don't even think I look like this other teacher!
On the way to buses one of my sixth graders saw a 7th or 8th grader and asked the student "Are you a boy or a girl?" The boy replied, "A boy." I smiled and said, "Yes, it's a boy. He just has long hair."
On of my old students, who is now an 8th grader, saw me in the hall. He said, "Wow, you're short! I used to think you were tall." I laughed and said, "Well you used to be shorter than you are now!"
One of the bus drivers got off her bus one day and told me someone wanted to see me. It was one of my old advisement students, in whom I invested so much time. She gave me the biggest bear hug. She's doing so well at the high school and even made the softball team!
A special education student came up to me and asked, "Do you want a flamingo?" I said I did. He said, "Ok, $5 please." Jana apparently was told her flamingos were free so I asked if I could have free ones too. He said I could. Later on in the week, he told me they don't have a pond, but he has a well that is hooked up to a hose and they can get water when they want. He also has them on a big trailer in crates. One day at recess, he hid on the hill. He laid down and you couldn't even see him. Then he popped up and scared people. This same boy says he's half man, half chicken. He makes us laugh each day... I finally got my flamingos. I told him that Maverick ate them, but he insisted they were scared and they were hiding in the trees behind my house. He asks me daily how they are doing.
One of my students told Amber that I was his favorite teacher. She questioned him, "What about me?!" He said, "Well she's my favorite TEACHER." She asked, "What am I?" He said, "Well, you know she's a TEACHER, a math teacher... You are a connections teacher." I guess there's some difference in their minds about what a "teacher" is huh?!
Maleigh has her special education students in her ELT class. One of our students has a little lisp and is the cutest thing ever. She asked them how to get rid of the "ugly fraction", what I call an improper fraction. He said, "Give it a makeover." She said, "How?" He said, "at the makeover place!"
I love the student council campaigns. These students are HILARIOUS but not very intelligent.
This kid apparently couldn't think of 10 reasons why people should vote for him. I mean, he's definitely alsome and he can make school funner for EVERBOTY.
We had another kid that couldn't even spell his name correctly on his poster. His last name is Williams and he put "Wiiams". Another student said I'll be your FRINDE instead of friend. This same girl made all kinds of promises over things she has no control.
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