Overheard in the Junior High
I don't know if this qualifies for Overheard in the Junior High, since it was said to me, but I haven't done an Overheard post in a long time, so whatever.
A more appropriate title for this one might be "Things Students Say That Make Their Teacher's Heads Nearly Explode."
Student: Mrs. Ann, do you know yo baby daddy?
Me: How could I not know him? I'm having a baby with him, aren't I?
Student: Well you could not know him cause my auntie have twins by a man and she don't even know his name cause he up and runned off and left her and she raisin' dem by hahsef now dat a real independent woman right der!
I wanted to say, "Well maybe your aunt shouldn't f*ck people whose names she does not know." But that would've been at least as inappropriate as what the student said, so I bit my tongue. I didn't respond at all. I didn't even bash my head into the wall. I just made a mental note to move "prepare the handbaskets" up a few spaces on my to-do list.
A more appropriate title for this one might be "Things Students Say That Make Their Teacher's Heads Nearly Explode."
Student: Mrs. Ann, do you know yo baby daddy?
Me: How could I not know him? I'm having a baby with him, aren't I?
Student: Well you could not know him cause my auntie have twins by a man and she don't even know his name cause he up and runned off and left her and she raisin' dem by hahsef now dat a real independent woman right der!
I wanted to say, "Well maybe your aunt shouldn't f*ck people whose names she does not know." But that would've been at least as inappropriate as what the student said, so I bit my tongue. I didn't respond at all. I didn't even bash my head into the wall. I just made a mental note to move "prepare the handbaskets" up a few spaces on my to-do list.
Labels: Overheard in the junior high
This is really sad....
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