Another White Elephant goodie...

After student unwraps a Butterfinger candy bar student proclaims, "Hey that's my basketball nickname. I don't know why though..."

Karma

Walking behind two 6th grade boys one was making fun of the other for something that happened at lunch when the "teaser's," binder fell from his hands to the floor, scattering papers to all sides of the hallway. The teaser instantly fell to the floor on top of the papers while the other boy began laughing hysterically pointed and yelled, "Hey that's karma!" Then ran into his class just in time to avoid the tardy bell, leaving the other boy stunned and silent on the floor! Gotta love those little life lessons unfolding right in front of you!

HAIR

If a staple is thrown across a room, lands in your hair, and you don't even feel it, does that mean your hair is too long? J says, "No it does not!"

I have a present... but it's not for you!

My student said to his other teachers this morning, "This is a present for Mrs. Walker, not you, but you can have a couple of the chocolates from inside her gift." Ha, ha I love it!

Two Gary Paulsens

"Mrs. Walker can I compare the Gary Paulsen that wrote Hatchet with the Gary Paulsen that wrote Brian's Winter?"

What I should of said ...was,

"Yes, you betcha sweetheart, you compare those two Gary Paulsens!"

What I said was, "Honey, they're actually the same man."
Student, "Right, they both have the same name." 
Me: "No, two books, one man," I'm breaking into pantomime here.
Student: (blank stare)
Me: "Are you understanding what I mean? See, there's one author and he wrote two separate books..." 
Student: "Huh?" 
Me: "Hmm... You know what, on second thought, you go right ahead and compare those two Gary Paulsens!"  

The Proposal

Three minutes before the bell to end 2nd period on a Monday morning I see a student performing some sort of little dance at his seat:
Mrs. Walker: Peyton what are you doing?
Peyton: I'm being a dinosaur cause I'm bored!
Andre overhears and shouts out: Hey! He's bored and I have work I don't want to do, He can do my work for me, it's win-win for everyone!

You have to write in math?

Received a contribution from a fellow co-worker:
Student: Mr. H, I don't know what to do on the assignment.
Mr. H: Well, you didn't even write down the equation.
Student: I have to actually write it down?

It's a Small World After All

Jonah, "Jack you are so lucky that your going to Italy for Christmas, I've never even been out of the country!" Then my darling blonde student exclaimed, "Seriously you've never even been to Idaho or Oregon???" I started singing it's a small world after all, heehee, if ya can't beat em join em!

Relating to Character

Question to Students: Which character in this novel do you relate to the most?

Student: I relate to Darry because he’s 6 feet 2, broad-shouldered, and muscular.
Mrs. Walker: Are you sure that’s the quote that best relates that character to you?
Student: (As he uses his hand to motion over his physique) “Yeah, you just ain’t seen nothin I got.”
It’s a middle schooler’s world, I’m just livin in it!

Gone with the Wild

While eavesdropping during my symbolism lesson in class today I heard a trio of students discussing Gone with the Wind. "That's the one with the dog sleds right?" His partner replies, "Yeah, it's in Alaska, great book." Gone with the Wind, Call of the Wild, eh it's all the same right?

S.E. Hinton's a GIRL?

Student holding up a copy of That was Then, This is Now: "Miss I love this book, it's actually good."

Mrs. Walker: That's awesome, I really liked her writing when I was your age too, I think those books are great and just wait until we read The Outsiders.

Student: Wait, her writing, WHAT?

Mrs. Walker: Umm, yes, S.E. Hinton stands for Susan Eloise, she started writing The Outsider's when she was 16.

Student in disbelief: You ruined it, I can't like those books now, they were written by a GIRL!!!