Discoveries…
As three of my students argue about whether a mushroom is a f’ing (no apostrophe) consumer or a f’ing producer, another pulls me aside.
“Miss, a vegetarian eats vegetables, right?” I'm proud, because he's using his prefix/suffix/root word examinations and connecting to outside knowledge! All those teacher buzzwords!
“It’s the term for a human herbivore, mostly, yes,” I answer.
“So what’s a humanitarian?” he asks, with a look of disgust.
“Someone who’s nice to humans…” I answer, understanding his confusion.
Weird…
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Also, as I was listening to some chant, to try to soothe the inner beast, some of my students came in for help… one of them looks up and says “this sh’t is just like rap, only not as cool.”
And he was right.
New insights abound!
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“Miss, a vegetarian eats vegetables, right?” I'm proud, because he's using his prefix/suffix/root word examinations and connecting to outside knowledge! All those teacher buzzwords!
“It’s the term for a human herbivore, mostly, yes,” I answer.
“So what’s a humanitarian?” he asks, with a look of disgust.
“Someone who’s nice to humans…” I answer, understanding his confusion.
Weird…
~~~~~
Also, as I was listening to some chant, to try to soothe the inner beast, some of my students came in for help… one of them looks up and says “this sh’t is just like rap, only not as cool.”
And he was right.
New insights abound!
(*)>
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Kids say the darndest things.
most of the things they say I can't type...
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