In the last four years of teaching, I've had the most awkward/ridiculous/utterly stupid things spoken to me, and I keep thinking, "I need to write this crap down; one day I'll be old and need a good laugh." So it dawned on me a few days ago why not share the laughs; this is as good a place as any to document my students stupidity.
So I present to you, "Middle Schoolers Say the Stupidest Things," Volume 1.
This first "stupid response" happened last year after asking one simple question. I received several ridiculous responses.
Me: The book we'll be reading is set in 1963. What sort of things do you know about the 1960's?
Student 1: "Is that the year you were born?"
Student 2: "Wasn't this during the Civil War?"
Student 3: "This is when that one war was going on...like the Revolutionary War or something"
One morning sitting at my desk before school started.
Student: (pointing to a picture of Mclain) Oh, he is so cute. Is he ONE of your grand kids?
Me: (thinking) You're an idiot!
One of my personal favorites.
Me: can someone give me an example of a symbol and explain what that symbol means?
Student:Supercalafraglisticexpalodocious
Me: I literally don't even no what to say to you right now.
This last little delight happened just the other day, in the middle of class, after reminding my students I need baby pictures from them for the yearbook.
Student: What if I don't have any baby pictures? My dad says he thinks I was adopted because he missed me being born. He was taking a poop when I came out.
Me: (blinking)
