When a student has observed me too long, and we talk about our plans for the weekend:
“What do you have planned? Sittin’ on the couch, eating yogurt and drinking seltzer?”
When a student asks to borrow a movie I promised to bring in, but forgot:
Me: “Sorry Charlie!”
Student: “Who’s Charlie? Ya boooooo thang?”
When we take the soccer team to see Taken II at the end of the season:
“Miss, if you ever get kidnapped, we got your back. Don’t worry, we’ll come get you. Unless we have to win a soccer game to win your freedom…. that’ll take a few years.”
When my kids guess what my name is on instagram:
“It’s probably LindsayFromDaBlock.”
When I give students the chance to ask me one personal question on the first day of school:
“Is that your real hair?”
For the record…yes.
When I ask students what the hardest part of the PSAT was:
“Writing the Honor Code in cursive!”
When we sit down with a family who has graciously invited us into their home after touring their farm upstate, and this is on the mantel.
“Oh shit, Miss. Are we going to die?”
When we talk about culture in class and I ask students how they identify:
“I identify as a small bear. Because I’m small.”
WTF?!
When I spot a student chewing gum across the classroom:
“Damn, Miss, you’re like a teacher-ninja!”
A la Mean Girls:
After a heart-to-heart about a bad game at soccer practice:
Student 1: “At the end of the day, we’re all friends, no matter how bad we play. How many people can say that?!”
Student 2: “She doesn’t even go here!”
Student 1: “I just like talking about my feelings.”
