you be trippin'."
yes, that's right. i BE trippin'. oh my. i told that young man that if he could insult me using the appropriate verb tense, it wouldn't bother me so much.
he said, "i don't know what you mean."
i acknowledged that he probably didn't and moved right along in my lesson for the day, and promptly emailed my english teacher from high school and said, "so, do you have any good lessons on subject-verb agreement i can use with seniors?"
we started a little grammar work today, and they know shockingly little about it at all. they all moaned and complained (i am sure tomorrow's class will do the same), but they all agreed that they needed the practice and didn't want to sound like morons when they got to college.
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"mrs. fraiser, you have gotten like 10 times bigger than when we first met you."
yes, young lady, i have put on weight - it's called pregnancy. thank you so much for pointing it out...every single day. it is very helpful to have someone monitoring my "condition" so closely.
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"mrs. frasier, can i tell you a story about..."
no. you absolutely may not tell me a story. period. end of sentence. stop that thought this very instant.
why?
well i really don't care about what happened to your dog, your lizard or your homework last night. seriously, quit trying to get me to be off topic.
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"mrs. frasier, you're just irritated because it's friday and your tired and pregnant."
au contraire, my friend. that's not the reason. the reason i'm irritated is because your lips are still flapping. now, are you sure you wish to persue this course of converstation?
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"miss...miss...mrs. uhhh...mrs. frasier, can i go to the bathroom?
yes.
(same student) "miss...miss...mrs....mrs. frasier, can i go to the bathroom again?
no.
(same student) "i'm gonna pee here at my desk."
ok.
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(me) "hey, get to class."
"i'm goin'."
"move a little faster; you're already late."
"i can't. i don't want to crease my shoes."
(me) "well, perhaps you should get over that and get to class."
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happy thursday, almost friday!