One of my freshmen talked like an android for the entire period yesterday. I had no problem with that: it meant that he talked less because he had to keep remembering to use his android voice. It was one of my quietest 5th periods to date.
Android freshman gave up on that today. I guess he's showing off an array of thespian abilities. Today's task: be sad. He gave a weepy prayer request that he needed to find Joy. I looked up later in class, and he had cried two symmetrical tears from each eye. He was ironically overjoyed with his ability to cry on cue like a real Hollywood actor (like Britney Spears).
I guess I should have given this anecdote previously. I was saying something along these lines when talking about medieval pageant wagons - "...if you consider yourself some sort of serious big-time actor, like ... well I can't think of anyone right now." (don't ask about the complete context because I don't remember) - and one of my seniors offered the great screen legend...Britney Spears. I gave him "the look" and a B for daily participation.
One of my juniors bought me a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book last week. I don't think he even knew it was my birthday. The backstory there: last semester, I set some sort of teaching record by alluding to the Ninja Turtles in like 88 straight 6th period classes. I guess he was (rightly) impressed. (One of my better allusions was when I said Daren looked like a member of the Foot Clan when he had his hoodie bunched over his face. I also liked my comparison of the greenish fruit punch at the Senior party to mutant ooze.)
I personally enjoy greeting the early junior high arrivals with renditions of "Good Morning!" and "How's Everyone Doing?" in my ethereal falsetto singing voice. They've started doing it back and it's really funny. It's especially funny that they think it's falsetto when it's actually just their voice cracking (kidding).
The new trend is "roundhouse high fives." No explanation needed. They're dangerous though. Don't walk by during.
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so long as they don't have the awkwardness of a choir follow through high five when done wrong.
ReplyDeleteI laughed. I would have given him a C. I was wondering when you'd update.
that's why you get paid the big bucks...
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