When reading
New Life (thedesertrocks) June 5th post
(about remembering names) it caused me to recall a problem I had in my classsroom yearrrrrrrssss ago.
In grade school I was one of those teachers who had to make the students keep their name tags on their desks for at least the first quarter. Then when I moved to highschool and had different students each hour I had to keep a seating chart handy.
However, I couldn't carry a seating chart around while doing direct instruction or when stopping by desks to check on understanding. So, I am embarassed to say that I once had a student whose name was John but, for one full school term I called him Paul. I tried everything. I felt so bad that I fined myself one nickle each time I called him Paul. Prominantly placed on my desk was a fairly large bank that I would deposit the nickel. At the end of the week I would give
Paul John the money in the pot. At the end of each quarter I would apologize for my inability to call him by his real name. He would just looked at me, smile and said, "Ms. Taylor, it is fine with me as long as the money keeps rolling in!" kt
While writing this I received the following GREAT pictures from a friend. Since I couldn't find art for this post I thought I would pass some of the cuter ones. I, also, decided to try to add captions.
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| Now, Freddie, look me in the eye and tell me again where you were last night, or I'm pulling your ear off. |
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| Hummmm, interesting place to grow flowers. Now, where's the bathroom? I have to go. |
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| Hold still, Tom, I have to hold my head just right to zero in on the scent. |
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| Hey fella, I bit a man on the leg. What did ya do? |
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| Open up, I know there's food in there somewhere. I can smell it. |
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| Me first...No me.....Ahhhh, I'm stuck, move...no you move... ... ... |
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| Hey! I lost the one you threw. Will this one do? |
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| Will this trick qualify me for America's Got Talent? |
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| Turn out the darned lights. I'm tryin to sleep here! |
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I could care less what you think, Bruzer. I'm not getting up until you say you're sorry.
And you had better say it quickly, because you ate all my GasX. |
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You never listen to me, Shadow. I told you that there was a skunk under here.
Hoagie, for crying out loud, just shut up and breathe! |
