Story #1 of the day
Student: We should all call you Mama Bear.
Before I could respond, another student asks my question: Why a bear?
Student: Because a mama bear is really protective of her cubs. (She then demonstrates this idea by turning her hands into claws.) Yeah, I'm gonna call you Miss Mama Bear. Can I write it on my papers?
She proceeded to tell me that I should teach other classes because she wants to have me again after she is done with her freshman year. (I only teach freshmen, well for all practical purposes.) That was nice.
Story #2 of the day
I have a student who sits near my desk. I put him there for strategic reasons, but it seems to be backfiring. He can't quite keep his hands off of anything he sees on my desk. Twice in the past couple of weeks he has found himself taking apart a small, metal, vintage-looking fan that sits on the corner. It's like it's impulsive. One time I said something to him while the cage of the fan was in his hands and it was as if I woke him from a trance...he looked at the piece of metal in hands as if he was trying to figure out how it got there.
Well today I was standing near him while talking to the class. The next thing I know he has taken a piece of scotch tape off of my tape dispenser and put it on my back. Don't bother asking why, it really isn't worth attempting to determine the reasoning. So, I turned to give him a questioning look. He made some comment about how it said "kick me." Obviously it didn't actually say it; he just wanted a reaction. I proceeded to continue whatever it was I was saying to the class without doing anything about the tape. A few seconds later he interrupts me, Can you please take the tape off of your back? I know you know it's there, but you're not doing anything about it. That's really bothering me.
I think that may have been a sly trick I learned from having older brothers. Years of my parents telling me to just ignore it are finally paying off.
Student: We should all call you Mama Bear.
Before I could respond, another student asks my question: Why a bear?
Student: Because a mama bear is really protective of her cubs. (She then demonstrates this idea by turning her hands into claws.) Yeah, I'm gonna call you Miss Mama Bear. Can I write it on my papers?
She proceeded to tell me that I should teach other classes because she wants to have me again after she is done with her freshman year. (I only teach freshmen, well for all practical purposes.) That was nice.
Story #2 of the day
I have a student who sits near my desk. I put him there for strategic reasons, but it seems to be backfiring. He can't quite keep his hands off of anything he sees on my desk. Twice in the past couple of weeks he has found himself taking apart a small, metal, vintage-looking fan that sits on the corner. It's like it's impulsive. One time I said something to him while the cage of the fan was in his hands and it was as if I woke him from a trance...he looked at the piece of metal in hands as if he was trying to figure out how it got there.
Well today I was standing near him while talking to the class. The next thing I know he has taken a piece of scotch tape off of my tape dispenser and put it on my back. Don't bother asking why, it really isn't worth attempting to determine the reasoning. So, I turned to give him a questioning look. He made some comment about how it said "kick me." Obviously it didn't actually say it; he just wanted a reaction. I proceeded to continue whatever it was I was saying to the class without doing anything about the tape. A few seconds later he interrupts me, Can you please take the tape off of your back? I know you know it's there, but you're not doing anything about it. That's really bothering me.
I think that may have been a sly trick I learned from having older brothers. Years of my parents telling me to just ignore it are finally paying off.
hecks nah that kid reminds me of me i used to do stuff like that maaaan!! id give anything to be back in highschool again fun times ahhh
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