This could very well be a moment that is quite often referred to as "you had to be there" in order to fully appreciate the humor in it, but a coworker and I were in hysterics for a while, so here goes...
I have a telephone in my classroom that is on silent during the day, but that I can use to make outgoing calls or receive calls from elsewhere in the school. The students are only allowed to use these phones in the case of an emergency, i.e. they don't know how they are supposed to get home.
Yesterday, I was working one on one with a student on a writing assignment. This boy looks and acts what I imagine Dennis the Menace would in real life. In addition, he hates to write and frequently dons a face of constipation whenever he is asked to produce an essay or story. As we were working, the front office called to request that the student I was working with come up to get a bus pass. He looked clearly confused as this was something he had never done before. As it turns out, his mother called to notify our office that he was to begin taking the bus from here on out. She had not yet discussed this with her son.
Upon his return, I had already begun working with other students, and he waited patiently (which was a surprise) at my desk for his turn to speak with me. When I finished with the other kids, he told me he needed to use the phone and did so with urgency. I reminded him that the phone was only to be used in an emergency then proceeded to ask him the purpose for this imperative phone call to his mom.
He simply replied, "I need to call my mom to complain. I don't wanna take the bus!"
Lesson to be learned?
Be sure to talk more about open communication with your children at parent night... especially when you decide to ambush them with a big yellow bus!
I have a telephone in my classroom that is on silent during the day, but that I can use to make outgoing calls or receive calls from elsewhere in the school. The students are only allowed to use these phones in the case of an emergency, i.e. they don't know how they are supposed to get home.
Yesterday, I was working one on one with a student on a writing assignment. This boy looks and acts what I imagine Dennis the Menace would in real life. In addition, he hates to write and frequently dons a face of constipation whenever he is asked to produce an essay or story. As we were working, the front office called to request that the student I was working with come up to get a bus pass. He looked clearly confused as this was something he had never done before. As it turns out, his mother called to notify our office that he was to begin taking the bus from here on out. She had not yet discussed this with her son.
Upon his return, I had already begun working with other students, and he waited patiently (which was a surprise) at my desk for his turn to speak with me. When I finished with the other kids, he told me he needed to use the phone and did so with urgency. I reminded him that the phone was only to be used in an emergency then proceeded to ask him the purpose for this imperative phone call to his mom.
He simply replied, "I need to call my mom to complain. I don't wanna take the bus!"
Lesson to be learned?
Be sure to talk more about open communication with your children at parent night... especially when you decide to ambush them with a big yellow bus!
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