We've been talking about the human body and its different systems this week. The students who normally are zoning out/wandering around the room/giving relationship advice during lessons have been pretty engaged, which was a pleasant surprise. So far, a few interesting things have happened...
Day One:
I've gotten used to students passing gas. It's part of life, part of parenthood (which I'll be ready for when it comes), and part of being a teacher. As we were covering the digestive system on Monday, a young man who had been paying attention and focusing the entire class had to pass gas. Maybe he didn't anticipate it, or maybe he just didn't care...but it was loud. And it lasted about 5 seconds. And it totally broke the beautiful silence in the room until that point. Now, this by itself isn't a new occurrence ..but this boy had a laugh sort of like this (right at 0:23): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc
Laughter can be contagious, and I was in a good mood...so I started chuckling a bit. The kids saw, and assumed it was for the same reason they were laughing...which made them laugh even harder, which made me laugh even harder. Needless to say, there was no more learning after this point.
Day Two:
The reproductive system. A favorite among adolescents and young teenagers because...hormones, obviously. Lots of questions about how sex is determined and why diseases are passed on by parents. Somewhere in the whirlwind, God came into the conversation (I should've seen it coming). They discussed among themselves- I didn't want to say too much- where the first humans came from and how God came to be. Eventually, it led to this:
Student 1: Well if God made humans, who made God?
Student 2: His mama, obviously...who else?
Student 3: His mama must've known magic or something...or been like, super strong.
Day Three:
At some point, I think every teacher has a student that probably gives them the heebie jeebies. I thought I was getting really lucky with having all these perfectly-behaved, innocent little angels (maybe not all, but mostly they're pretty great. Mostly.) ...and then today happened. Going over the circulatory system and discussing the heart as a muscle and blah blah blah...as with the last few days, plenty of questions. One of which included: "What would happen if I squeezed someones heart really hard and drank the blood when it came out?"
This Twilight/vampire trend just got real.
Day One:
I've gotten used to students passing gas. It's part of life, part of parenthood (which I'll be ready for when it comes), and part of being a teacher. As we were covering the digestive system on Monday, a young man who had been paying attention and focusing the entire class had to pass gas. Maybe he didn't anticipate it, or maybe he just didn't care...but it was loud. And it lasted about 5 seconds. And it totally broke the beautiful silence in the room until that point. Now, this by itself isn't a new occurrence ..but this boy had a laugh sort of like this (right at 0:23): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc
Laughter can be contagious, and I was in a good mood...so I started chuckling a bit. The kids saw, and assumed it was for the same reason they were laughing...which made them laugh even harder, which made me laugh even harder. Needless to say, there was no more learning after this point.
Day Two:
The reproductive system. A favorite among adolescents and young teenagers because...hormones, obviously. Lots of questions about how sex is determined and why diseases are passed on by parents. Somewhere in the whirlwind, God came into the conversation (I should've seen it coming). They discussed among themselves- I didn't want to say too much- where the first humans came from and how God came to be. Eventually, it led to this:
Student 1: Well if God made humans, who made God?
Student 2: His mama, obviously...who else?
Student 3: His mama must've known magic or something...or been like, super strong.
Day Three:
At some point, I think every teacher has a student that probably gives them the heebie jeebies. I thought I was getting really lucky with having all these perfectly-behaved, innocent little angels (maybe not all, but mostly they're pretty great. Mostly.) ...and then today happened. Going over the circulatory system and discussing the heart as a muscle and blah blah blah...as with the last few days, plenty of questions. One of which included: "What would happen if I squeezed someones heart really hard and drank the blood when it came out?"
This Twilight/vampire trend just got real.
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