This is a teacher who is leaving us and I'm going to miss A LOT.

[charisstoma]

Months of reading Dickens had made my second period start to sound like tiny Edwardian curmudgeons. I played a movie version of Oliver Twist, and these are the kinds of things they shouted when the movie started to veer from the text:

Students(7th grade is 12 to 13 years old):
This is an outrage!!!!!
This movie is a disgrace!
Charles Dickens would be *ashamed*, I tell you!
Wha?! Where is Rose Maylie? Where is Harry Maylie?! Have you no regard for plot, sir? Have you no respect for LOVE?

Teacher: Soooo....I brought popcorn......

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[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

wait, the KIDS yelled "have you no regard for plot, sir"? traditionalist students! i love it.

More from this Teacher

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

First period will start shortly. Things have been slightly awkward ever since I clarified that Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, rather than a fictional character based on a real person named Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Most devastated reaction: "My whole life is a lie!!!!" followed by a gusty sigh. Almost as bad as the time I had to explain that while Narwhals, the "unicorn of the sea" are in fact real animals, unicorns themselves are not. It's a hard knock life, y'all.

The Students strike back

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

A couple years ago, this teacher would show Dr. Who to any of her students who wanted to eat in her classroom. First time she saw "Blink" with the Angels she was at home alone and it scared the crap out of her. So she showed it to her class.

During passing period between classes teachers are supposed to monitor the hall. She came into her classroom and ever student was neatly seated at their desk with their hands up over their faces in the manner of the Angels.

She made a fast exit from the room. *giggling, I am giggling*

[meridae.livejournal.com]

Hey, never decry evidence you're having an impact on young minds! Highlight of my day was talking to one of my guys about something his cousin had said to him that his cousin had been talking to HIS probation officer about. And I'm like yup, we're sneaking in there somehow.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

I feel very ignorant, I own a set of Dickens but have never read any.