Tales of a Middle School Classroom

Quotes, conversations, and antidotes from my 8th grade classroom.

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Student: “Coach S, what’s a sandbox?”

I explain.

Student: “But why? What do you do with sand, eat it?”

Me: “No, you play with it.”

Student: “That sounds pointless.”

Me: 🤦🏼‍♀️

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She’s got her eyebrow raised. That means she’s serious.

One my students

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Keyboards are so old school.

We’re using the chrome books today, and one of my students asked how to get the keyboard on the screen, rather than using the actual keyboard because “it’s like an iPad” and “its 2018, why are we still using keyboards? They’re so old school.”

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These children need culture.

Direct quote from one of my children about Harry Potter:

"I don't like all that Shakespeare stuff"

What.what.whateven.

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On Pluto being demoted to a Dwarf Planet...

“Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind”

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Overheard Conversation

“MySpace is not the old Facebook. Facebook is the new Myspace. HAVE SOME RESPECT.”

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When your science lab starts to look like some breaking bad style nafarious activities are taking place.. 😂

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Today we’re working with yeast, and my poor boys keep asking if they’re going to get a yeast infection since we’re not wearing gloves. I’m having the hardest time keeping a straight face whilst telling them, that’s not how you get that. 😬🤦🏼‍♀️😂

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We had a Metaphoric Atomic Model project, where the kids got to pick different objects to represent each of the subatomic particles, and this was one of the submissions.

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My half my class is in discussion about how you can't fall off the earth because one girl is convinced you can. Mind you, she is not a flat earther. And then you fall into space. I grabbed my globe and started walking my fingers around it asking at what point they would fall off? She said you just do! So I told her she should share this theory with NASA because it would save them so much money. Also, that she needed to try to focus on not falling off so she could study for her test Monday.

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Go ahead and add "are you still playing in that cardboard box?" To the list of this I shouldn't have to ask 8th graders, but have to anyways.

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Getting in some practical life skills with lab safety! My room smelled like a coffee house for days, and it was delightful.

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New Perfume

Student: "You smell like a pop tart." Me: "Thank you..?" Student: "Don't worry! It's a good thing!"

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As I go through summer, enjoying my break, it's little reminders like this that help me to look forward to the upcoming year and all the shenanigans that will entail. 😂

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For the last day, I had all my kids sit on the fire blanket, while I sat in my lawn chair with YouTube playing a campfire behind me. You're never too old to be read to, especially this book!

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Last Day of School Shenanigans

Student - "this is the best teacher ever" Assistant Principal- "well, her eyebrows are on fleek, so imma need you to get yours together." Me - "DAMN."

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