Still Puzzled...

Garnered a part-time subbing gig today, math at my former middle school. Talk about nostalgia... there was none. As all things are prone to do, given the span of seven or eight years, the place has just flatout changed. There's a revolving door of teachers, principals, and other faces. But some of those faces are so fresh. Just a half-day of 7th and 8th grade math classes today lent itself to some great sophomoric [err, make that middle schoolish] humor. Herein are nuggets of that humor, for my personal record and enjoyment and for whoever else might saunter upon this:

girl: Do you have a girlfriend?
me: I did, until Sunday.
class: Awww.
boy: Did she break up with you?
me: No, it was mutual... [pause]... do you know what that means?
girl: Oh yes, it was a vocab word.


boy 1: [to me] Hey, you shouldn't laugh at students!
boy 2: [to boy 1] But he has to! If not, he'll want to hit us!

boy: Are you in a frat?
me: Yes, I am.
girl: Ahh. Have you been on "Fraternity Life" on MTV?


One kid I will not forget and hope to see again is Phillip, one of very few names I actually remember from mere 45min classes. Here is Phil's montage of unknowing shoutouts:


Phil: [after I threatened a disciplinary write-up at the end of class] Hey, sorry for being bad, dude. It's, you know, Wednesday... the middle of the week... Oh, and I don't have ADHD really. I was just, ya know, being hyper.


Phil: [to me] Are you part of the founding family of Scott toiletries? [yesss, a 7th grader said this!]


My Favorite:

Phil: What college do you go to?
Me: Ball State.
Phil: Really? My mom went to Ball State. But then she and my dad got in too much love, and she dropped out. She's a housemom now.

Kids... rule! They can be annoying and yet innocuous at the same time. They are HILARious. I can't wait for a 6am wakeup call tomorrow, and I'm already psyched about my 6th grade elementary class set for Friday. Uhoh, never "taught" elementary school before... ohh SNAP.