1. There is a running joke in our class that I am psychic due to the "Great Webbini" video. One day I was in front of the class, and I could have sworn that I smelled a Slim Jim. I scanned the class, and no one was eating anything. A minute later, I scanned again and saw a student with his hoodie pulled up over his nose (kids sometimes do this when they're cold). Going out on a major limb, I said, "Ben. Go throw away the Slim Jim." His eyes got as big as saucers and he exclaimed, "HOW DID YOU KNOW??? Guys, I really think Mrs. Webb is a psychic. Like, really."
2. Middle school crushes are awesome. One day in class, a boy casually mentioned that his favorite color is yellow. The next day, the girl who likes him came in wearing a bright yellow T-Shirt, a yellow hair band, and - I kid you not - bright yellow nail polish. I'm not sure exactly how she expected that was going to be successful...but she looked surprisingly like a banana. I think she could have done a great job of attracting a monkey, but not so great at attracting the boy.
3. We had a fashion catastrophe. Jillian came up to me and exclaimed, "Mrs. Webb!! I got barbeque sauce on my pants and now I look ridiculous!" I immediately responded with, "Don't worry about it! It's in style today! See this stain on my pants? I spilled hot chocolate on myself on the way to work. I then declared it 'Stained Pants Day.' So everyone with stained pants is cool, making you fashionable. Just rock the look." I thought it had no shot at working, but it totally did. She went back to her friends and said, "Yeah, this stain is pretty cool..." HA HA!!
4. On the first day back from Christmas break, we had a Language Arts assignment for all students to write an essay about either their favorite or least favorite part of break. I was walking around observing the writing, and I noticed Matt's title was "THE HANGOVER." Matt is 11. I stopped to ask about Matt's story, and he informed me that his favorite part of break was watching the movie The Hangover. I breathed a sigh of relief. I mean, that movie isn't age appropriate, but it's a lot more appropriate than an actual hangover.
5. There is a kid in my class who may or may not have a crush on me. I don't mean to sound conceited, but just check out some of these quotes from him:
"I had fun on Christmas break for a couple of days, but then I just really started missing you and wanted to come back. For my paper, I'm writing that my favorite part of break was when I got to come to school today and see you again."
"Bye Mrs. Webb! Have a good weekend! I'm going to really really miss you. I can't wait for Monday"
"Mrs. Webb, do we have a math test today?" (no) "Aw, man! I love math tests! There's nothing like a good math test! I wish we had one every day!"
"Mrs. Webb, who's going to be your Valentine?" (Probably Rex...since I'm married to him). "Aw, man!! That stinks!"
6. Rachel got her hair cut. I said, "Rachel! Your haircut looks really great on you!" She responded sheepishly, "Thanks...I was hoping to get my hair cut the same way as yours so I could maybe look a little bit like you." MELT MY HEART. It really was my haircut, too...same length, same side part...lol. How cute. "A" for her. He he he!
7. I did a lesson on science fiction by bringing in a horned melon (see picture), and telling all of my students that it was an artifact from Mars. I even packaged it up all fancy and sent myself a letter from the "museum curator" that I had the artifact out on loan from. I asked the students to do a free write on what they thought the purpose of this artifact is. I got awesome answers, and I will give you a sample of a few of them:
1. Alien Egg
2. Alien fruit
3. Alien potato
4. Alien poop
5. Alien dog toy
6. Alien guinea pig
7. Alien minion (like from Dispicable Me)
8. Alien bomb
9. Capsule holding tiny unicorns that are jumping around and poking out the edges of the sides with their horns.
Oh and P.S. I did tell the students the truth about the "artifact" once the lesson was over.
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