Every Wednesday, I go into a classroom to do a speech lesson on various higher level language or pragmatic language topics and before I began my lesson one day, one of my students, we'll call him TJ, initiated conversation with me by saying:
"Ms. Sabio, I hate Justin Beaver. Sometimes I just want to go on Facebook and spray paint his face."
As funny as I thought that was (because I myself am not a Justin Beiber fan), I had to use this as a teaching moment (so many of those!). You can't do that to people on FB, blah, blah, it's a form of cyber bullying, he never did anything to you, etc... Then I asked him why he hated Justin Bieber. "I hate him because he has all of this money and I don't have any of it."Another teaching moment on jealousy was discussed.
Me: Well, he worked really hard to earn all of that money. You've got to do the same if you want to be successful.
TJ: Ok (he said begrudgingly).
Another student chimes in, "yeah, I don't like Justin Beaver either, he looks like a girl!" and other students proceed to go on "yeah, looks like a girl," or "I really don't like Justin Beaver!"
Me: You guys know that it's Justin BeiBer with a "b" right? Not Beaver?"
Student (in a very annoyed tone): I bet he has a beaver...
I immediately ended the conversation and began my lesson. That could've gone a whole 'nother direction :-/
"Ms. Sabio, I hate Justin Beaver. Sometimes I just want to go on Facebook and spray paint his face."
As funny as I thought that was (because I myself am not a Justin Beiber fan), I had to use this as a teaching moment (so many of those!). You can't do that to people on FB, blah, blah, it's a form of cyber bullying, he never did anything to you, etc... Then I asked him why he hated Justin Bieber. "I hate him because he has all of this money and I don't have any of it."Another teaching moment on jealousy was discussed.
Me: Well, he worked really hard to earn all of that money. You've got to do the same if you want to be successful.
TJ: Ok (he said begrudgingly).
Another student chimes in, "yeah, I don't like Justin Beaver either, he looks like a girl!" and other students proceed to go on "yeah, looks like a girl," or "I really don't like Justin Beaver!"
Me: You guys know that it's Justin BeiBer with a "b" right? Not Beaver?"
Student (in a very annoyed tone): I bet he has a beaver...
I immediately ended the conversation and began my lesson. That could've gone a whole 'nother direction :-/
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