Lining up to go home, a student in line passed gas. I thought it was ignored. The student in front just had to tell me something before we headed down for dismissal:
"Ms. O., we have a little tradition at our house."
Me: "Oh yeah? I love traditions!"
Student: "Well, whenever anyone farts..."
Me interrupting: "Let's call it 'toot'."
Student: "What's that?"
Me: "Well, growing up, my girls thought the other word was a swear word, so we called it a 'toot'."
Student: "Well anyway, whenever anyone farts at my house, we all yell, "Go, Boston!" I don't know why-I think we saw it on a movie or something."
Me: "Interesting, you know what we do in my family when that happens?"
Student: "What?"
Me: "We ignore it or we say, 'Excuse me.'"
Student: "Huh...." (With a quizzical look on his face!)
Kim, I enjoy reading the funny things your students say. I'm sorry I haven't posted a comment on here in a while and when you posted to me, it reminded me to come back and check you out. You blog looks so professional. It's well designed.
ReplyDeleteI also want to comment on the salsa. Many tomato based recipes call for removing the skins from the tomatoes. I have to admit that when I'm making salsa, I don't do that. Is this a bad thing? I haven't found it to be a problem thus far, but would the salsa be better without the skins? I even do this when canning. Lately, I haven't been cooking the salsa in the pot either, just canning and processing it in the canning boiler.
Finally, yes the cats were a hefty vet bill. We got them free from a student. That was a mistake. You can get a neutered kitten with all of it's shots from the Humane Society for as low as $25.00, while we paid around $700.00 all told. I also am the only one who even considers there is a litter box in the house. So much for letting Donavon and Dan talk me into animals. I think the rats are gone though.
Keep up the good work here.