I have a freshman student who apparently is under the impression that his 3rd period class is Nappy Hall instead of Study Hall. He sleeps quite a bit and therefore, I wake him up quite a bit. It's nice to have him awake in class.
This is true because when you're awake you can do work like you're supposed to do in study hall. Also, while not sleeping in class, you can NOT get written up for sleeping in class. That's generally how this works. But most importantly, being awake in my 3rd period class gives students the opportunity to participate in class discussion.
On April 1st (April Fool's Day) we were sitting in class and I wished everyone a Happy National Atheist Day. I was joking, of course, not because it wasn't National Atheist Day (because it really was) but because I'm not actually an atheist and neither are they (at least, I don't think any of them are...time will tell). It's called Nat'l Atheist Day because according to Proverbs, the fool says in his heart, 'There is no God' and April 1st is known as April Fool's Day. Therefore, someone got the brilliant idea to call April 1st "National Atheist Day." But that's beside the point.
The point is, I told the class those facts, facts that some knew and some didn't, and my apparently most sleep deprived student asked, "Is that like Christmas for people who don't like God?"
I didn't know what to do with that because this student, although a devout napper, is also a serious studier of the art of sarcasm. But then I relaized, he was serious. As he stared at me, awaiting an answer, I couldn't help but laugh before I answered.
"Sure man. April 1st is like Christmas for people who don't like God. Why not?"
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Followed by a Ford Focus
Ok, so third period. Online. FLVS. Do you do your work or do you put it off and talk about what creepy people do for fun? Obviously, we all choose the latter, except for some students who would much rather just get their work done fast. I am not one of those students, and while I am done with my classes now, I often neglected them during school hours.
Josh Adkins is in m third period class. As it was mentioned in an earlier post, Josh is a mess. Josh likes to do things that would make normal people would think, "Why on earth would I do that to another human being?" One day in third period, we were talking about one such thing. Josh randomly starts talking about how much fun it is to get in your car late at night, and follow someone on the street to make them nervous that they are being stalked, hunted to be murdered, etc. Now, I thought, "Ok, you are a sick dude." Then he proceeded to tell the class about a time when he got in his car with some friends and followed a guy through a neighborhood. Real creepy, right? I mean, if I was driving through my neighborhood, and someone was following me, I would get pretty paranoid. I mean, I'm paranoid to begin with, but being followed would heighten my paranoia.
We're all listening to this story, when all of a sudden, Nate chimes in with a story of his own. He starts talking about one time when he was driving home and perceived that he was being followed by the car behind him. Now, I know that we all, at some point in time, have had a car driving along behind us. In fact, it's pretty common. Most of the time, you're thinking, "Yeah, there's a car behind me. NBD." But there are some moments when you look back, and you think, "This car is not driving...it is stalking." It's just a feeling you get. I don't really know how you know, you just know that the car behind you is not behind you for normal purposes. When this happens, you are suddenly overcome with various different emotions. I don't know exactly how to explain it, but luckily, Nate did.
Whilst telling his story about being followed, he revealed that he had planned to have this car follow him to a certain place where he would stop and wreak havoc on the guy who dared to follow him.
He explained how he was feeling and what he would do so well that we all knew it would instantly be a wall worthy quote.
"Like anger and excitement. I'm gonna catch this guy following me, and pull him out of his little Ford Focus. It's gonna end badly for him."
Now, of course, this didn't happen because, as you can probably guess, the little Ford Focus wasn't actually following him. The quote however, does embody how people often feel when they are 6' 4'' and could easily beat someone up. Whether you would react this way in a situation or not, the quote is hilarious, and Josh Adkins is one twisted kid.
Josh Adkins is in m third period class. As it was mentioned in an earlier post, Josh is a mess. Josh likes to do things that would make normal people would think, "Why on earth would I do that to another human being?" One day in third period, we were talking about one such thing. Josh randomly starts talking about how much fun it is to get in your car late at night, and follow someone on the street to make them nervous that they are being stalked, hunted to be murdered, etc. Now, I thought, "Ok, you are a sick dude." Then he proceeded to tell the class about a time when he got in his car with some friends and followed a guy through a neighborhood. Real creepy, right? I mean, if I was driving through my neighborhood, and someone was following me, I would get pretty paranoid. I mean, I'm paranoid to begin with, but being followed would heighten my paranoia.
We're all listening to this story, when all of a sudden, Nate chimes in with a story of his own. He starts talking about one time when he was driving home and perceived that he was being followed by the car behind him. Now, I know that we all, at some point in time, have had a car driving along behind us. In fact, it's pretty common. Most of the time, you're thinking, "Yeah, there's a car behind me. NBD." But there are some moments when you look back, and you think, "This car is not driving...it is stalking." It's just a feeling you get. I don't really know how you know, you just know that the car behind you is not behind you for normal purposes. When this happens, you are suddenly overcome with various different emotions. I don't know exactly how to explain it, but luckily, Nate did.
Whilst telling his story about being followed, he revealed that he had planned to have this car follow him to a certain place where he would stop and wreak havoc on the guy who dared to follow him.
He explained how he was feeling and what he would do so well that we all knew it would instantly be a wall worthy quote.
"Like anger and excitement. I'm gonna catch this guy following me, and pull him out of his little Ford Focus. It's gonna end badly for him."
Now, of course, this didn't happen because, as you can probably guess, the little Ford Focus wasn't actually following him. The quote however, does embody how people often feel when they are 6' 4'' and could easily beat someone up. Whether you would react this way in a situation or not, the quote is hilarious, and Josh Adkins is one twisted kid.
