Thursday, October 13, 2011

Heard in Room A410....

Writing prompt: "What would you do with $1,000,000?"
Student: "If I just won 1 million dollars I will spend it on a house car and save the rest of it. And I also will move and give my mom and dad some."
Miss H: "You'd move out, now? Who would cook for you and help you clean?"
Student: "I cook. I make spagheeettti, macarooooniii..."
Miss H: "Can you cook anything that's not pasta?"
Student: "Yeah, pasta salad!"

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Volleyball girl: "Miss H, you don't look white."
Miss H: "What?"
Volleyball girl: "You don't look white."
Miss H: "What do I look like?"
Volleyball girl: "I dunno....yellow?"
Volleyball girl #2: "You don't act white either."

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Student: "Miss H...can you put me up for adoption?"
Miss H: "You want me to put you in a foster home?"
Student: "Naw, I want you to be my momma!"
Miss H: "Oh, you want me to adopt you. Be careful, two different things."

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Student: "We playin those rednecks today...oh, sorry Miss H."
Miss H: "I'm not offended. I may be white, but I'm not a redneck."
Student: "But you ain't really white!"
Miss H: "Psh!"
Student: "What, you think it's bad to be black?"
Miss H: "No, I just think it's pretty obvious that I'm white.
Student: "You don't act white!"

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Volleyball girl: "I ont like that girl. She saying we ghetto."
Miss H: "So, own it!" (Finger snap)
Volleyball girl: "Oooooh, Miss H went hood on us!"

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VB Girl: "Black people are ghetto."
Miss H: "ALL black people are ghetto?"
VB Girl 2: "Naw, that's a status."
Miss H: "A what?!"
VB Girl 2: "A status."
Miss H: "You mean a stereotype? A status is something you update on facebook."
VB Girl 2: "Whatever."

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Student (boy): "Miss H, the only teacher with swag!"



Man, I love my life.

2 comments:

  1. hahahaha i love how they say you dont act white...thats the court i know :) baha

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  2. hahaha I love this post!

    I am so proud that you are confronting stereotypes and challenging the way your students see people! Keep up the amazing work!

    -Becky

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