From teens. I went to confiscate a note I saw a few of them giggling over, and I thought I was being all stern and strict, but instead it goes like this:
Girl Student: "Mrs. E!!!! (giggle). Read this note a boy wrote me!!!"
(In my head: Oh awesome, this is going to be dirty or something...)
Mrs. E: "What kind of note?"
Girl Student: "It's a love note! (more giggling). You should have Joe* read it outloud! He reads it (more giggling...can't get words out..). It's so funny..."
Mrs. E.: (takes note and begins to read quietly to herself...whichever boy wrote this seriously poured his heart out...this is awkward...)
Joe*-(in a deep voice) "Your eyes...they sparkle..."
Mrs. E.: "Sheesh Joe..." (can't finish, it is hilarious the way Joe is acting out the note, but I cant' risk mocking the student who wrote it if he is in the room).
Joe*-"You are...so beeeyouuuutiful"
Girl Student-(yes, still giggling) "I can't believe someone wrote me this!!!"
Mrs. E.: "It's very thoughtful..." (in my head: it's very cheeseball, but still, poor guy...)
Joe*-(really not listening to anyone, just reading verses outloud) "The river has nothing...*dramatic pause*...on the way your voice sounds"
Mrs. E: rolls eyes.
Joe*-(Suddenly comes out of his love note reading trance) "DUDE, this is your handwriting Rob*!!!"
Rob*-"NO. No it's not!!!"
Mrs. E: (IN my head, "yes, yes I think it could be Rob's handwriting...now this is even more awkward...)
Girl: "Oh my gosh, it does look like your handwriting!!!"
Joe*-"Totally is your handwriting. You wrote it. You love her!!!"
*Names have been changed to protect the identities of the actual students..and the love-note-writer...
Really, I just walked away. Awesome classroom management I'm sure. But, if there is one thing I know, teens cannot focus if there is a love note in the room. Yes, I should have just confiscated it and walked away, but then they involved me, and really, I wish you could hear audio of Joe* reading the note...I couldn't keep standing there with Joe* acting out the lines of the poem. Poor guy who wrote it. If he was in the room...he's probably mortified. I would be. But, then again, I would not risk giving a note to someone in a class. I'd leave it for them to find at their car or something. And seriously, I know students' handwriting...I think it could have been Rob*.
3 comments:
(this is Eric) Gotta add the best love note pickup line "Is your daddy a thief? Cause he stole the stars and put them in your eyes."
poor kid, i have been in his shoes before, it's horrifying.
nice pickup line eric lol
That's a great story! I can almost hear Joe* quote lines. At least the note wasn't intended for you. That would have been seriously awkward.
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