so i just figured out i can access my blog from work. right now, we’re in advisory, followed immediately by lunch, so i figured i’d take a minute to share a funny exchange from my class today.
in discussion of our new unit of vocabulary words, we came across the word haughty. when we discuss new words, i usually ask them for suggestions as to what they think the words mean since they’ve usually at least heard them before, even if they’re not familiar with what they mean. today was no different. i asked if they were familiar with the word haughty or if they’d ever heard it…no responses. so i asked what they thought it might mean. a boy in the back of the room slowly raised his hand. i was surprised because he hardly ever involves himself willingly in class discussions. after the long pause in class, i assumed he had a question, so i called on him.
“yes sir,” i said, raising my eyebrows to indicate my interest.
“my girlfriend’s one of those,” he responded.
“excuse me?” i asked. obviously i was missing something.
“my girlfriend is one of those,” he replied, slightly more articulately.
what the HECK is this kid talking about? i thought. he’s not a clown or attention hog, and he’s never cut up in class before, so i assume he’s being serious.
“what do you mean?” i asked, my curiosity and puzzlement becoming nearly impossible to mask.
“a haughty. my girlfriend’s a haughty.”
i immediately realized what i had missed, but evidently my realization wasn’t displayed on my face. feeling that i was still confused, he sought to clarify.
“you KNOW, coach d.,” he continued with a look of disdain at my apparent ignorance, ”she’s hot and she’s naughty…a haughty. that’s what it means, right?”
i couldn’t help but grin as the class erupted into laughter.
guess you can’t blame him for trying…at least it makes sense…in a freshman sort of way.
don’t you wish you taught high school?
