Today in class, my students are using Apple Laptops to do a research project (our school may have goats in the backyard and be surrounded by nothing but farms, but we do have a technology grant that freaking rocks).
Anyway, a lot of the kids hate Macs--they don't know the shortcuts and aren't as comfortable with them. A common problem is they'll open an application such as Word, and not know that they need to open a document within Word. The application will be on, in other words, but there won't be any document to type in.
Kid: Mrs. Revis! I can't figure this stupid thing out! Where is Word?
Me: *walk over without saying anything, press command and the letter N as the shortcut to open a new document, start to walk away*
Kid: Whoa....wow.... she just, like, touched it and now it works.
Other Kid: Wow. I guess some teachers are getting smarter now.
UPDATE:
A kid asked me for tape for her project.
Me: Sorry--I don't have tape.
Kid 1: What kind of teacher doesn't have tape?
Me: I had tape before I left, but it disappeared while I was gone. I guess one of the kids or the sub stole it.
Kid 2: Who would steal tape?
Kid 1: Well, YOU stole Teacher X's stapler!
Kid 2: Yeah, but that's not tape! I wouldn't steal tape!
Me: Why did you steal Teacher X's stapler?
Kid 2: Cause I don't like him.
Me: You know the school buys the staplers, right? All he had to do was go back to the office and get another one.
Kid 2: Well, he didn't have any staples to staple his papers together that night, then, did he?
Kid 1: Don't worry, Mrs. Revis, we like you. We won't steal your stapler.
Kid 2: But someone did steal your tape...
13 comments:
Beth, I think all teachers are angels! (maybe I should say most teachers)
I wish you could come to my house and touch my computer sometimes!
Teachers are definitely magic! And getting smarter all the time. I guess on the dislike meter stealing a stapler is way higher than stealing tape. :)
This post cracked me up. :)
I teach first grade, so I could probably post the crazy conversations I have with them every day, like how in Feb, they saw MLK Day on the calendar and asked me why we have a holiday for milk. :)
Happy teaching! ;)
Oops, I meant in Jan., not Feb. This is why my sinus infection kept me home today. :P :)
That's hilarious. Thanks for putting more of these in. I appreciate the laughs.
It's nice to see that your magical touch is working.
Haha! Please, please, please, Beth - never stop posting these stories!
This post was hilarious! I hope you get some tape soon :) At least you still have your stapler.
You are KILLING me with the funny with these kid stories!
And yes, someone did steal your tape. I think your students should hunt them down. :)
Love it! You've got the magical touch. Now if only you could summon the tape with those magical powers! :-) Too funny!
I am so showing this to my high school teaching husband
Oh that would be a great short story - a beloved teacher's supplies keep getting stolen so the kids make a pact to find out the culprit. Romance and hilarity ensues. I love it. :D
Your kids are a riot.
lololololol!
Funny post :)
I had the tape/stapler conversation almost verbatim with my students a few weeks ago. It was spooky to read this ... although I guess it supports the "Teachers Speak a Universal Language" theory : )
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