This blog is dedicated to Ciccio Morphew.
While I love my job, teaching at a public university comes with a set of rules that don't apply at a private university. Turns out I was a little spoiled since my first teaching gig happened to be at a very prestigious private school.....and no one cared if I threw chalk for made studies eskimo kiss the chalk board.
Here's the deal: I have bad aim (hence the swimming career) and can't actually hit anything I aim for. Therefore, it was never a problem that I routinely threw chalk "at" students who were engaging in inappropriate behavior (sleeping, texting, chatting, staring blankly out of the window, etc). I never hit them. The wall on the far side of the room however, probably hated me. I haven't really tried it.....but I'm guessing that might not go over well in public school.
I also used to use the CIRCOLO DELLO SPAGNOLO and I'm considering bringing it back. And adding the TRIANGOLO DEL FRANCESE. Here's how it works: when a students insists on using another language in my classroom, they get to place their nose inside the circle on the board until they're pretty sure they will no longer refer to the pope as a potato. Many of my current students are adding French to their repertoire and it's making its way into my Italian kingdom. I don't like it.
Please vote in the poll: All in favor of the reinstatement of the CIRCOLO DELLO SPAGNOLO/TRIANGOLO DEL FRANCESE say yes!
OUAIS!!!! I FRANCESI VENGONO!!!!! LOL! This is hilarious! I also want to use the cercle de l'espagnol in my classes...
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ReplyDeleteyep, no later than yesterday, one of my students (and mind you, a very good student) ask me if "es possible"... (then switched to English)! Sad day! To her defense, she's also a Spanish major and just had a Spanish class...
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely with you on the chalk throwing. I can't throw either! My theory is that I can actually aim, but just not throw. I don't usually purposely try to hit students (though I'm considering starting that because my system of hitting them with my book requires more energy and my book is falling apart. JK), but I do throw chalk to the back row students when I want them to write on the backboard... Usually a disaster!