Classic-al!

The other day I thought it would be fun to introduce my class to Classical Music. We were working independently on some math assignment when I pulled up a little ditty by the wonderful Beethoven. I asked if anyone in the class could tell me who was playing over the speakers. Only one student raised his hand. When I called on him he responded, "It's Beethoven."

"Good job! How did you know that?" I replied.

"My mom makes me listen to this crap at home."

"Oh, ok."

Even though there were giggles and a few moans when I first put on the music, by the end of the song my students were intrigued, and a few of them even asked for more.

The next day, another male student of mine came in and said, "Mr. Christensen, my uncle played me some of that 80's music last night that you like."

"What music?"

"You know, the music you played for us in class yesterday. The old stuff from the 80's."

"Yeahhhhh...you are about 400 years off."

KIDS!

Funny things that happen at school...

So the last time I wrote on my blog I was interviewing for a third grade teaching position. Since then, I got the job, I took over a classroom for a teacher who had to move, and I have been teaching for the last month and a half. I have decided that since my day is full of randomness, and crazy children, that I need to start using this blog to write down the funny stories, or comments I experience in my class. I'll still talk about life, but I really want to share the joy of teaching...which is freak children who crack me up!

Today we were talking about our vocabulary words. One of the words we were reviewing was the word "tough." To give an example I said..."Look at Leo, he thinks he's a tough guy." Leo then proceeded to show off his muscles...kiss each bicep on his tiny little arms...and make grunting noises like a professional wrestler. I then burst into uncontrollable laughter and called him a "little nerd" between wiping away the tears.