Student 1: "I'm a gangsta gangsta. Hey Ms. Lewis, you ain't got no boyfriend - you wanna go with me?"
Me: "Um no, Student 1."
Student 1: "Why not?"
Me: "Lots of reasons."
Student 2: "She'd go to jail for that!"
Student 1: "If you go to jail, I'd come visit you."
Initially, I was just intrigued and amused by the idea of a "gangster gangster" but then suddenly the conversation got even crazier. I had not smiled and laughed so much in my classroom in a while.
Academically, the last couple of weeks have seen great successes and great failures. In class I see my kids continue to improve in their reasoning and critical thinking, but then they absolutely BOMB the state writing test, partially due to lack of reasoning. They understand socialism, but fail to grasp the idea of a king with limited power. They understand coup, but struggle with civil war. Weird, right? Reading comprehension is still a problem, which is not good going into EOGs... crap. But it seems better than fall, which is positive.
That's hilarious!
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Most likely. I think I vaguely remember that text. ..... :D
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Oh come on, monarchs with limited power are WEIRD. I double-dog-dare you to try actually explaining how that works in practice, and then comparing how it works in the UK versus how it works in Canada (with the same darn monarch!) without being confused yourself when you're done. :)
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