- Calling a student "Hoey" - a mix of Jose and Joey
- Explaining to my students that Pi never ends, and a student raising their hand saying "Miss, Chuck Norris knows the last number of Pi"
- An ESL student sooo eager to say the answer, which was parallelogram. He said "parayeyogram," saying the double l properly in Spanish.
- Being asked if I had grandkids "yet"
- A student telling me she is Mexican and asking me if I am "country." (like it's an ethnicity)
- Reading a word problem with a list of exotic animals and coming to the word "male gorilla"...I read it to them as the "Mah-lei gorilla". A student gently brought it to my attention that it said male, as in gender.
I've decided that this list will be recurring so that I will never forget the funny moments in my classroom ;)
On another note, my 8th graders asked me what I would do if they all passed. (there are 11 of them) Here are all of the options they gave me:
- get a tattoo that said 8A
- buy them breakfast every Friday
- make Math class a "free period" until school ends
- dye my hair rainbow
Somehow, I settled on the last option. We shall see in the middle of May...I might be rocking a new do. I'll be pretty darn proud to do so.
Last minute updates:
- We had a blast in Turkey, pictures and stories to come soon.
- Josh's Mom graciously helped us finish our 1st time to do taxes...we're officially big kids!
- Our friends Lindsay and Paul will be having their twins any day now!
- Josh only has 2 more test rounds for his 1st year of med school. He will be doing a paid summer research opportunity in orthopedics!
- 3rd, 4th, 6th, & 7th graders take their TAKS Math April 27.
- We're looking for a new place to live.
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! I promise to update sooner ;)
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