I am still in awe of the fact that I am allowed to not only supervise children, but influence them. I often feel very unqualified. I didn't go through a traditional teacher education program, so sometimes I feel like I missed out on some of the rules. Most of the time I just hope that I'm not totally screwing them up.
A few weeks ago, while in our fruit unit, we had a "weird fruit" day. I went to Whole Foods and bought the weirdest fruit I could find.
FYI, the selection of weird fruit available in Kansas in October is sad. But middle school kids think a kiwi is weird. So pomegranates, star fruit, plantains, and coconut really blew their mind.
I was totally unaware of the process that is required for cracking into a whole coconut. I had to Google it, then head over to the Wood Shop room to borrow a hammer and nails.
Fortunately for you, I have it on tape. I asked one of my students to snap a photo (for the blog of course) and she suggested a video.
Brilliant.
My students are brilliant.
Unfortunately for me, this was one of those instances when my vocabulary was inappropriate for middle school. I didn't even realize it. Drew watched the video and pointed out that you can't say, "whack it" to 12-year-olds.
See for yourself:
Not so bad, right? I'm sure it isn't the worst thing I've said in front of them.
Thank you for continuing on with this ridiculous and random post.
2 comments:
Ha! Friend, this is hysterical. And I disagree with Drew, I think you can totally say whack it in front of kids. I mean there is a game called "Whack a Mole!"
Miss you friend!!
I agree with Lauren...this is hilarious and you can 'whack it'...you're awesome.
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