For homework, one of my 8th grade classes had to think of five jobs a teenager can do to earn pocket money.
Me: Tell me what you found.
Girl: Euuuuh, bébéseeter?
Me: Yes. Can you make a complete sentence?
Girl: Euuh, teenager can do ze bébéseeting?
Me: Almost. Can anyone help Girl? (I didn't say "Bueller?" but damn, I wanted to).
[No answer from the class. I wrote on the whiteboard: Teenagers can babysit.]
Me: Okay, did you find another job that teenagers can do?
Boy: Drug dealer?
LOL. So the states and abroad aren't so different after all. ;)
Posted by: Curator | December 02, 2004 at 15:51
And you gave him detention? *grin*
Posted by: Amber | December 02, 2004 at 16:04
Boy has some big pockets to fill, evidently.
Posted by: BHD | December 02, 2004 at 17:17
Hee! Curator is right about kids being the same (obnoxious!) all over.
Allow me to parry: When I was pregnant last year, my sixth-graders were also having the Human Growth and Development section of Guidance. (AKA Sex ed.) One afternoon, two particularly bratty girls walked into my class whispering and pointing at me. I turned on my teacher ears and overheard them saying "Oh my GOD! She DID THAT! That's how she got pregnant! EWWW!" I was shocked that it took them that long to put two and two together, but I still laughed about it later.
Posted by: Denise | December 02, 2004 at 20:34
atleast he has a plan for the future
** shakes head **
Posted by: Rod H | December 03, 2004 at 02:20
I almost spit out my morning coffee at that one!
Posted by: Donna | December 03, 2004 at 10:01