I have been teaching for 11 years-8 years in a private school setting and 3 years in the public schools. I have taught K4 - 12 grade. I am currently starting a new position at a brand new high school. I am so excited about this opportunity. I absolutely love what I do.
Can you really predict what a student will say? NO!! ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! This brings me to my point of this blog..... writing what crazy and unbelievable words and phrases that kids of all ages say.
Here, I will share a few of experiences:
Library Book Horror:
Principal (over loud speaker): We only have a couple of days left in school. So all students who still have library books checked out need to return your books as soon as possible to avoid any late charges and so we do not have to hold your report card.
Later that day, the 4th grade class was headed to the library. One little girl busted out crying. The teacher asked the little girl what was the matter. The little girl replied:
4th grade girl: I don't have my book. I left it at home.
Teacher: That's OK, you can bring it in another day.
4th grader: NO!! You don't understand, the principal said if I don't bring my book back, he is going to put a hole in my report card!! A GREAT BIG black hole!!
Sex Ed. Question:
While teaching sex ed. to a group of 9th graders, a girl in the front row raised her hand. I said, "yes, you have a question?" She replies, " Um, yea....... Can a girl get pregnant if she.... you know?" I replied, "no, I don't know! If she what?" The girl continues..." You know......if she has sex in the butt?"
The whole class busted out laughing!! I stood there for a moment trying to comprehend what was just asked.
I finally said, " Well, lets think about that for a moment!! Your vagina is not there, or your tubes, ovaries.... so most likely not..... BUT!!!!!"
The whole class becomes silent!!
I continued with...." If the male has pre-ejaculatory fluid present, there is that slight chance you can."
All I heard was, hmmms, and ahhhs!!
Another sex ed. question:
While teaching sex ed to a group of 8th graders, the words "oral sex" was mentioned. I didn't think twice about it until the end of class when an 8th grade boy came up to me and asked, "What is oral sex?"
I looked at him with the straightest face I could give him and said, " It's when you talk about sex."
He believed me!!! Needless to say, 15 minutes later he got the real answer.
4th grade visual:
When I teach sex ed to the 8th graders, I always have diagrams of the male and female reproductive system on the test for the students to label. Well, one day while I was grading the test, I had laid the test down because my next class was coming in and it was the 4th graders. I had left the test open to the male reproductive part. When the 4th graders came in, one of the girls in the class came up to me and asked me what I was doing. I said, " grading papers." She looked at the test and and she gasped LOUDLY!! I said, "what's wrong?" She said, " look at that picture!!" I instantly grabbed the paper and turned it over. The 4th grade girls says, " I know what that was!!!" I said, " what was it?" She replies, with great pride, " The Male Brain!!"
I could not control myself... I busted out laughing and said, ......."YOU ARE RIGHT!!! ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!" and I left it at that!!
