Sigh. Flakey 10 year olds.
Last year I contracted a sore throat unlike anything I've ever had. I went to a couple doctors, neither of them knew what exactly it was - we listed a bazillion things it turned out NOT to be - but the end result was, it went away on its own and left my vocal cords slightly scarred.
So, the short version is, after half a day of teaching I start losing my voice. The obvious problem here is... I have to teach a full day.
Drinking something hot helps, so I walk around with a thermos of coffee after lunch. My thermos has one of those little 3 or 4 ounce lids that becomes a cup.
Now note, I've been walking around drinking from this thing in front of kids, every day since *at least* this time last year.
And yet today there was this conversation with a little girl who is the FLAKIEST kid I've had in DECADES. No, really DECADES.
AC: Is that your coffee cup?
Me: Yes. You've seen this thing in my hand every single day this year.
AC: But it's so SMALL! You could drink shots from that thing!
Very, very, very long pause.
AC: Maybe I shouldn't have said that out loud.
Do you THINK???
Then again, this is the kid who made me rearrange my seating system. She's named after a continent. My seating groups are continents (my science tables are oceans). But I had to NOT have a group with the same name as her because every time I said something like, "Why do I hear talking from North America and Asia?" She went all "WHAT? Who me? WHAT?????" So now we have Europe. It makes my life easier.
So, the short version is, after half a day of teaching I start losing my voice. The obvious problem here is... I have to teach a full day.
Drinking something hot helps, so I walk around with a thermos of coffee after lunch. My thermos has one of those little 3 or 4 ounce lids that becomes a cup.
Now note, I've been walking around drinking from this thing in front of kids, every day since *at least* this time last year.
And yet today there was this conversation with a little girl who is the FLAKIEST kid I've had in DECADES. No, really DECADES.
AC: Is that your coffee cup?
Me: Yes. You've seen this thing in my hand every single day this year.
AC: But it's so SMALL! You could drink shots from that thing!
Very, very, very long pause.
AC: Maybe I shouldn't have said that out loud.
Do you THINK???
Then again, this is the kid who made me rearrange my seating system. She's named after a continent. My seating groups are continents (my science tables are oceans). But I had to NOT have a group with the same name as her because every time I said something like, "Why do I hear talking from North America and Asia?" She went all "WHAT? Who me? WHAT?????" So now we have Europe. It makes my life easier.