In a message dated 5/17/01 8:29:25 PM Central Daylight Time,
jayna_99@yahoo.com writes:
> I know I turn red in the face explaining "scoring" to
> students- not to mention the fact that one of the last
>
I love it! In my old, grey-haired age, I just tell it like it is, which
usually defuses everything. Today, I heard an eighth grader talking about the
red clay "turds" under his breath, so I just said..."You know, this red clay
reminds me of excrement too!" End of giggles. When I review scoring, I say
something about how this scoring is not the same as the other uses of that
word that they know...it is a specific clay term. Then I continue to use it
without apology or blushing. One of my favorites was the Screamer that had a
rather obvious male sex organ. I said, "Oh my goodness, is that a penis?" Not
a giggle in the place...just looks like,YOU know what THat is???? It
disappeared within the class period and was never an issue again. I'm not
sure I could have done this in my early years of teaching, but it comes easy
now!
Marcia in WI
