Mistakes
1. I made the mistake of running an errand while the kids were supposed to be working. I went to the teachers lounge in order to get butcher paper to cover all the posters on my walls in order to comply with testing procedures for next week. When I returned 5 minutes later, there was blood on my desk and on the floor. A student was rummaging through my first aid kit (which is kept behind my desk) and fishing out band-aids. "I stapled my finger! It hurt sooo badly!" was the excuse. No one was seriously hurt and the victim was reveling in the attention... but it still made my heart skip a beat. I literally cannot leave them for a minute.
2. In funnier news: We were grading an assignment in class, and sometimes when we do this the students raise their hands and ask "Is it ok if I put ______?" to see if they can get credit even if the answer isn't exactly the one I expected. So today, I showed them that the answer to a certain question should have been "No fui a la tienda - I didn't go to the store" (they had to write the Spanish and English).
A young girl raised her hand, and in a very concerned tone asked, "Is it ok if I put I did not go to the store?". She was completely serious. I had to tell her that "didn't" is a contraction of "did not." SHE LITERALLY DID NOT KNOW THAT.
Ah, the outrage. Here's some more abysmal spelling.
Someone needs to wach over these kids in English class.
Friday, April 23, 2010
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