Just a few choice seventh grade lines, sort of Art Linkletter stylie. From Wednesday’s vocabulary pretest: 1. The sub was slow to realize when something was ____; he thought everything was fine. a) forlorn b) amiss c) apathetic d) earnest e) crestfallen Now I’ve used this one before, and I can’t remember anyone not knowing I meant substitute teacher. But this year… “On number one, you mean sandwich, right?” “Sandwich? What?” “Sub. You mean like sub sandwich?” “Ummm. No. Substitute. Guest teacher.” (Pounding head on podium.) Now I hear other murmurings: “I thought it was submarine…You know, like they didn’t know it was leaking or something.” From Friday’s Mental Floss: Sid and Nancy were comparing information about their siblings. At one point Sid said, “My older brother was born on the Fourth of July. I remember the day because I was watching the fireworks.” Nancy immediately knew it was a lie. How did she know? The Mental Floss really frustrates some of them. In a good way. There are some who almost never get any right (there’s no penalty for guessing; it’s all extra credit), but most of them get this one. Most of them. “Micah” was waving his arms
Middle school teaching: Five shows a day, 180 days a year.
