"Dear Peabody, Your last post about Junior High students was nice. Refreshing to see a teacher who enjoys teaching that age group. However, I must encourage you to keep teaching math or science only, as I can not imagine you teaching the youth of America proper grammar that one needs to succeed in today's society. Based on the excellent effort you put forth in your blog, I bet you are an excellent teacher as well. I just don't think you should teach English. Sincerely, B" Okay, okay point taken. That one made me laugh. :) While I write on my blog how I talk, I certainly know proper grammar; I choose not to use it. It’s boring and stiff, and well, not me. I have to pass tests in order to get my teaching certificate that says I know the basics. Knowing where to place a semi colon to be honest in my opinion isn’t really a life skill. And you certainly don’t need it to become a successful member of society (I really hope that part of the email was a joke). Spell check … [Read more...]
The Great Nutella Debate…
I had a junior high student who was kind of a loner and would spend many a lunch hour debating with me just for the fun of it. Not arguing with me, he would just pick what seemed to be random topics to talk about for debate. One day there was a jar of Nutella that a fellow teacher had picked up for me (it wasn’t so easy to find back then). The student asked me what that was (chocolate-hazelnut spread, in case for some reason you don’t know) and I told him that I used it for baking but that I knew some people put it on toast and ate if for breakfast. This sparked him right away and thus began our debate about whether or not Nutella is a good breakfast or not. Right away I was going to win this one, as this is the kid who half the time eats a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos and a Mountain Dew on the way to school, so odds were not on his side. After discussing for about 10 minutes he succeeded that if you can serve a kid a Frosted Pop Tart, Toaster Strudel, Frosted Flakes, or a donut for … [Read more...]
