A pupil was telling me today that he's been on stage with the Foo Fighters.
Git. Git. Git.
Posts archive for: 14 October, 2008
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Idiocy
@ Tuesday, 14. Oct, 2008 – 20:01:22
I'm sympathetic when my pupils struggle with maths. Equations can be hard sometimes, but there are moments of pure idiocy that have me baffled. Brace yourself for this: one of my year elevens today tried to claim that the more recent Star Wars films were better than the originals.
And I'm supposed to get him a C, what hope do I have when he's clearly a muppet?
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Hot Gossip
@ Tuesday, 14. Oct, 2008 – 19:54:05
In my more egotistical moments I sometimes think that being a teacher at a secondary school is a little like being a minor celebrity. It's difficult to get from one end of the school to the other without being mobbed. Today was no exception with a swarm of year eights buzzing, very loudly, around whilst I was on my breaktime duty.
I'm sure these particular girls would laugh at anything. You could tell them the world was about to be hit by an asteroid and they'd probably double up and roll on the floor in a fit of giggles. It's an admirable quality really.
They were telling me that two of them were going out with boys in my form. I said it was really sweet, cue much laughter. They then really confused me by saying that they were scared to go over and talk to them. I've never been a teenage girl so I might be missing something but that sounds a little odd: 'so you're going out with them but you're scared of them?'
More laughter. 'No we were only joking sir, don't be silly', I was none the wiser whether they were joking about actually going out with them or being scared of them. I wonder if the boys even realise they're in a relationship.
The highlight of the conversation was being told they they'd even kissed... on the lips! Someone alert OK magazine. It's really quite adorable when you compare it to year elevens going on about sleeping with their mates' boyfriends.
