I've been back at work since the end of July, but my students' first week of school was last week. I have to say that I'm glad to be back. However stressful and sometimes dangerous my job can be, I really love what I do. I love my students, and I've missed the goofy things they say.
Case in point....
Conversation between Jeremy (a 6'4" giant who is an amazingly talented basketball player) and I as I escorted a group of students to their P.E. class:
Me: Jeremy, what's going on? You are so quiet!
Jeremy: I hate running. I'm not going to do it.
Me: Aw, come on, it's not that bad! Don't you have to run up and down the basketball court? You need to practice running to get better at basketball.
Jeremy: Well, ya...but it's not the same thing. I'm already the best at basketball. Besides, I'm quitting basketball.
Me: Well, okay...don't you still play street ball? You still have to run to play.
Jeremy: G*, it's not the same.
Me: Well, would it help if I gave you a basketball to bounce as you ran around the track?
Jeremy: [eye roll]
* My students often call me "G." Sometimes it stands for "gangsta" and sometimes it stands for the first letter of my last name. In this case I think he was referring to my last name because my "gangsta" factor is in direct relation to the coolness rating of the advice I'm dispensing.
Whichever Way the Wind Blows...
6 days ago
5 comments:
I hate to admit this, but the 1st 2 weeks of school without the kids is mind numbing. Meetings about meetings about meetings. Let's just roll up our sleeves and get them in here so they can roll their eyes at us.
G, nice job. We too are back at work, but I must say that our students are a bit less hip or streetwise than yours. I tend to have conversations about "MUDDIN" or hunting or paintball. For which school do you teach? Trying to get my bearings...I attended Mascoutah for 2 years.
ROFLMAO!! No, no, no!! Youa re straight up gangsta!, Fo sho!
I agree with Marcy -- you are definitely gangsta!
You should prbably "jack someone up" with a knife to get some street cred before you go around expecting people to call you gangsta.
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