Today was a rather amusing day for me. I was teaching a group of first grade junior high school students who had just taken their first really strict vocabulary test. They had to be mindful of capital letters and periods. They had practiced this already, but I was shocked to see just how many of them were missing periods and capital letters.
After they got their tests back, there was quite a bit of grumbling. The person I co-teach with in this class explained that English had some rather strict rules that needed to be followed, and this was the only way they would learn. I agree witht his sentiment. One student couldn’t believe it, and vocalized his anger. He uttered out what I thought to be the equivalent of “This is Madness!” to the teacher. I immediately tuned in, and could hold myself back. I just let it slip out:
“This is ENGLISHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!”
The class went silent. I went silent. I doubt they had any idea of what I was talking about, but I hope I didn’t freak em out too much.
Lol that’s awesome in a wierd english-class sort of way.