…and I’m loving teaching.
I had some great discussion over Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times in my afternoon class today. Maybe it’s a cliché, but it’s amazing to watch things click with your students when you’re a teacher. Right now, I’m loving the way these 18-20 year-olds are relating Chaplin’s depression-era film to our current economic situation.
If you haven’t seen it, you should watch it. Seriously. I know you think Chaplin is boring cause he’s silent, but the man was a genius. My kids and I are laughing out loud through the entire 83 minutes. So do it.
By the way, my current cute thing my students do? After every class, I’ve had a boy (always a boy) hanging around to talk to me, and when I ask him what he needs, he looks like I startled him. Like I surprised him. Like he wasn’t waiting around to talk to me. It goes like this:
Me: Yes, Tyler?
Him: (startled) Oh! Um…yeah…I was wondering what the assignment is/when our first test is/what we’re watching next week?
What’s that about?
3 Comments
August 27, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Crush. Already. Didn’t you always say you were Awesome?
August 27, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Uh Duh! They have a crush on the teacher?!? Come on a gorgeous 20 something teacher? Discussing movies? Those boys are in heaven (and you are über smart too, so that just makes it 10 times better).
August 23, 2010 at 11:22 am
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