Sorting Parts of Speech

A group and I were deciding what parts of speech different words were, and the card "ugly" came up, and this is how that strange conversation went...

Me: Put the word ugly in a sentence.
Student # 1:  A baby's face is ugly.
Me: What?  That's not very nice!
Student # 2:  I got one!
Me:  OK, go ahead.
Student # 2: Grandma is ugly!
Me:  That's not very nice either!
Student # 2:  OK, Grandma is not ugly, just her foot!

So hard to keep from laughing at this point...

Student #2:  I have another one!  Drunk guys are ugly.  You know that ones that drink all the alcohol?
Me:  You think drunk guys are ugly?
Student # 2:  Well, not all drunk guys are ugly.  Some of them are handsome, the ones in bow tie shirts.

One of the funniest sessions I've had in awhile.  I'm just glad they were using the word correctly.    

Passing Notes

I got these notes today from a couple of students.  They speak for themselves.  One of the many reasons I keep coming back to work.  I absolutely love my job. 

Don't Put all your Eggs in one Basket

While discussing this proverb with a student, I was giving an example of not applying to just one college, but a few just in case.

Me: So where do you want to go to college after high school?
Student:  Oh, I've had enough school...
Me: What do you mean?
Student:  You know, I've already done preschool, elementary school, middle school, and now high school.  I'm just done!

Haha!  He has a point, that is a lot of school years under his belt!

Ultimate Band Wagoner

One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is football band wagoners:

Student:  Did you watch the Superbowl?
Me: Of course I did!  Did you?
Student: I did, who did you root for?
Me: I was hoping the Seahawks would beat the Broncos.
Student:  Oh my dad was rooting for the Broncos and so I did too.  But then I saw them losing really badly so I decided to root for the other team and when they won, I was so happy!!!  (he was genuinely excited!)

I would love to dislike this kid for switching teams WITHIN a game, but I just couldn't!    

Hate letter

This was shared with me by my colleague and good friend Marsha Salmon. A student last year, when meeting Ms. Salmon for the first time, didn't believe her last name was Salmon and kept insisting it was fish.   Hence this letter, which speaks for itself: 

Potato Chips

It was after lunch and I was teaching a small group other words for hungry (i.e, famished, starving, ravenous).

Me: Are you feeling famished?
Student: No I'm not! I just ate lunch! But I would like some junk food.
Me: Sorry, I don't have any junk food.
Student (while laughing): Oh please give me some potato chips you potato hater!

I love these kids and their random comments.   

Exciting Things at the Mall

I always ask the kids what they did over the weekend and yesterday was the Tuesday after MLK.

Me: Anyone do anything exciting over the three day weekend?

Student: Oh yes!  I had a great weekend!

Me: Oh yeah?  What did you do?

Student:  Well, I went to the mall! (he said this with such excitement)

Me:  Was there anything exciting going on at the mall this weekend?

Student!  Oh yes!  There were sales!

Well, he's right!  Sales are very exciting!  Especially in this economy.  This one made me laugh out loud!