I have begun subbing in Madison. I work about 2 days/week, just enough for me to keep my sanity with a baby. I have been able to find mostly 1st grade classes to sub for, which is great, because that’s what I taught for the last 5 years.
Last Friday, I was in a 1st grade classroom. I spent some time with a little boy (who has earned a reputation as a trouble maker, based on the teacher’s notes and the secretary’s info when I walked into the school). This little boy desperately wants to be able to read! He picks out these giant books with tons of words, sort of like encyclopedias.
When he called on me to help him read, he and another student were in the midst of dinosaurs. They couldn’t read any of it (neither could a 5th grader, I’m guessing), so I read some and summarized it for him. I told him that dinosaurs ate different things, depending on their jaws. Then I said, “do you know what your jaw is? Show me your jaws.”
Now…say that aloud. What I put in quotes, say it aloud to yourself.
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. This little boy thought I wanted him to show me his ‘drawers’. (If you’re a foreigner, that means underwear!).
He looked at me, quizzically, put his hands on his belt, and I said “NNOOO!!! Your JAW!” And pointed to my own.
Can you imagine what could have happened next????
Oh la la.
Oh la la indeed! That’s hilarious! And you are such a great teacher, I love listening to you describe this little boy! Bissous, MB