For several weeks this month I have been substituting at the middle school. Anyone who has ever been around middle school kids will appreciate what a challenging assignment this is. Yesterday I conficated a dollar bill from a student, despite his protests of "What? What did I do? I didn't do anything!" Here's a picture of the bill that he was flashing, behind my back, to all the other students in the class.
They found it hysterically funny. In my head I was thinking "What the f**k?" But, I am smart enough not to say it out loud in a classroom!
I still don't get middle school humor.
The student insisted that I had no right to take his dollar. I told him to have his mother stop by to see me and I was perfectly happy to give it back to her, after he explained to his mother the significance of the writing on the back. Somehow I don't think his mom will be stopping by.
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LOL! Having a good time stepping out of retirement for a few weeks?
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a scene in a sitcom on Monday night... also middle school. It had to do with Moby Dick.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly got my attention with that post title! :-)
ReplyDeleteTeehee. I also don't think his mother will be stopping by...
He should have been relieved that he didn't mess around with a ten or a twenty.
ReplyDeleteSo . . . you didn't simply assume that he was making a political joke about the Speaker of the House?
ReplyDeleteOh man! That is too funny! After seeing the title, I was wondering where you were going with this. You went to hilarity!
ReplyDeletegreat post!
I love that you thought WTF in your head! It would have been so funny if you said that out loud! ; ) Of course, you probably would have lost your job.
ReplyDelete(The really immature part of me had a giggle at this though.)
Haha! That was funny.
ReplyDeleteI love that middle schoolers are so cute that they think "boner" is hilarous.
Wait a minute. I think it is hilarious too.
Shit, does that mean I am really just a middle schooler?
Damn.
You outdid yourself on this one. I am laughing out loud. I guess the great thing about teaching in middle school is that you will have plenty of material for your Wednesday post.
ReplyDeleteThe protestations of innocence are something, aren't they? You made me laugh out loud with this story.
ReplyDeleteNow, I wish I had written down all those strange happenings I had to adjudicate as the principal of a middle school for thirteen years. Not a day without excitement.
ReplyDeleteExcellently funny! So glad to have discovered your blog...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteYou're never too old to be juvenile