The setting: my classroom
The when: 2 days ago
The situation: A student, coming from another class, entered my room dancing and singing. I proceeded to say to him "stop acting a fool and get to work." I was not attempting to be funny or use slang to get his attention. It seems that phrase "acting a fool" has made it into my everyday, run-of-the-mill vocabulary.
Uh-oh, what other expressions do I use on a daily basis that make people look at me funny?
I hope nothing too terrible!
It's a little scary to think I might start sounding like my students. Shouldn't it be the other way around-they should start to sound like me! Although, I would be happy if I could just get them to stop sticking "be" in a sentence where it doesn't belong.
So, here's a request: If you see me around, please ignore any and all inappropriate language you might hear come out of my mouth, as I am surrounded by middle schoolers all day long, 5 days a week.
They were bound to rub off on me some time!
1 comment:
thats ok elisha, i say words like "dude", "whatever", and "totally" all of the time- and I don't even hang out with too many teenagers I just pretend I do so that I have an excuse.
it keeps us young.....
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