These are the kind of things that happen on a daily basis while working in a high school...
The other day during 9th grade Language Arts class, we were comparing the book,
The Odyssey by Homer (after spending the last 2 months studying it), and the film version of the same book.
One student raised his hand and said, "Why didn't they just make the movie first and them write the book so they would match better?" The other teacher in the room and I didn't really know how to respond.
The other teacher recovered faster and said, "Does anyone have any ideas about that?"
Thankfully a more thoughtful student said, "When was it written?" To which we replied, "About 3000 years ago."
The first student sat there a couple seconds and said, "Oh, I understand...they didn't have movie cameras back then."
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Yesterday in class the student were all supposed to be silently reading; and most were doing well. I walked up to a student who was messing with his cell phone and asked him to please put it away. he looked and me and said, "Okay," but didn't put it away.
So, I stood there and again said, "Please put your phone away or I will have to take it." He kept right on texting away.
He said, "I have to finish this message." I think he was missing the point and that, in fact, he didn't need to finish his sentence or his message. He got really huffy with me and slammed the phone shut.
How did cell phones go from being a rarity 10 years ago to people not knowing how to live without them? Suddenly 31 days until my retirement doesn't seem too bad.
On a side note, parents please teach your children responsible cell phone usage when buying them cell phones.
