The Anonymous Teacher

You'd think that if we teach them well, and let them lead the way, the world will end up okay. Some days, we are not so sure. Hello, everyone. We are The Anonymous Teacher. Each day, we are thrown into the trenches with your precious little snowflakes. We have a great many triumphs, a great many "AHA!" moments, and days where we are just in awe of what our students can do. We love our jobs. And then there are the days where we think, "These children are our future?"

Thursday, August 27, 2009

And how did he get off the bottom of the ocean?

The following is a conversation heard as a ninth-grade English class watched the 1997 Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet:

Student: (Randomly, after having watched approximately 75 percent of the film) Hey! That's him! That's that guy in Titanic.

Teacher: Yes, that's Leonardo DiCaprio.

Student: (Pondering.) How can he be in two movies?

(The room is more silent than any moment in the entire year, as even the dumb kids stare at her blankly.)