First things first, a personal teacher rant. Why is it that a good majority of my students actually have pictures of the current President of the United States in their binder (making people think they are patriotic, I never carried a presidents picture around everyday) yet they are too cool to say the pledge? End rant.
On a daily basis I wonder what goes on in the minds of 14 year olds today. I think it goes something like this...
"................????.........." ha ha just kidding I will go ahead and use the stereotypes that I see everyday.
Emo girl "Why aren't there any vampires to date here?"
Emo boy "Why aren't there any vampires to date here?" (they also look like the emo girl, really they should just be the same entry)
Ghetto girl "She cain't where dat!" (literally girls of all colors write notes and add letters to make it sound ghetto....)
Ghetto boy "My president is black"
Skater kid "I wonder how many times I can say what?"
Smart kid "What is my grade?"
Now I feel like I need to say, obviously, I don't think that this is the only thing kids think about, however, I know they aren't taking in what I say.
Evidence: Everyday since August my students have warm up work for the first 5 minutes of class...that is about 6 months...yet as of today, even pre-ap kids can be confused about what they are supposed to do during this time and wonder why I am staring at them quizically. 6 months! That's what I should say/yell.
Evidence: For a warmup one day I used the board to explain afterward and left the information on the board, which happened to be on the test we were taken (coincidence...no) yet a good majority of students missed that particular question with the answer written on the board!
Question: Is it ok to tell kids we will begin learning things for those on the McDonalds career path? No?
I have had a very interesting year this go around (my 2nd year of teaching now) with some crazy stories. Hopefully you can find them as entertaining as I am going to try to! :)
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This is one thing I can relate to, except the "emo" thing, it wasn't around yet. I was reading through my student teaching journal today to write an essay for a job application and I had lots of stories of frustration of kids not wanting to work for anything, yet complaining when they ended up with a bad grade. I've really enjoyed your stories this year, many of them have been quite entertaining!
I was grading essays last night and some of my favorite were the student that talked about his uncle who was going to get on a plane on Sept 9th and how that was when 9/11 happened. Huh, 9/11 was on Sept 9th? He talked about how his uncle's life was saved because he didn't get on the plane. Then the student that talked about sneaking vodka into Six Flags and making out in the bathroom. Classy kids we have in our schools today! Oh, our future is so bright!
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