While working on fractions in math class.
Student A: They're gonna be you in the future.
Category Archive: Northwest Arctic Borough
Phrase of the Week
I never: /I nĕv•ər/ exclamation. 1. An exclamation meaning “I didn’t do it!”, “I’m not guilty!”, “It wasn’t me!” or “It isn’t my fault!”
Example: “Who left their pencil on the back table?” … “I never!”
Side note: There are two very common circumstances when this would occur. First, no student is even remotely going to get in trouble and a simple question is asked. Second, someone is highly likely to have made a poor decision and everyone (including the person who made said decision) wants to claim innocence.
When people ask me about my Arctic Alaskan adventure, this is probably what they’ll hope I say life is like…plus polar bears.
On the first of February, we started a stretch of winter storm after winter storm, blizzard after blizzard. […]
While drinking out of a school issued water bottle that they aren't allowed to take home:
Student A: *serious and curious* "Do you know how to wash dishes?"
Me: *cautious* "Yes...why?"
Student A: "Could you take my water bottle home and wash it?" *sly smile*
(My inner thoughts - adiiiiiiii...but also yes...I've been meaning to for a while now.)
Word of the Week
aza: /ah•zah/ exclamation. 1. one word expression that can be used in disbelief, exaggeration, or to express “wow”
Example: “Cheetahs can run up to 75mph.” … “AZA!”
Side note: Similar to adii, I have no idea how it is spelt, but it is likewise two distinct syllables with emphasis on the second syllable.
All about my new hobby this school year: quilting.
During journal writing time a student asked how to spell 'spaghetti' which was then written on the board for everyone...that same student thirty seconds later:
Student A: "Adii, I don't know how you spell 'basghetti'
Having just shown our super worm, Thunder, to the class and introduced that he is in fact going to be going through metamorphosis soon while becoming a beetle.
Student A: "Ewww yuck."
Me: "Yes, we'll probably release him after. I don't want a beetle in our classroom."
Student B: "Nooooooo! I have him?"
Me: "Sure, you can take him home."
Student C: "Me too?"
Me: "You can share him, one week at B's house, one week at C's house."
*Student B and C whisper about how they are going to share custody*
Student D: "You could just cut him in half."
...
Me: "Then what would he be?"
Student D: *smiles* "Dead."
Almost a wise king moment. Almost.
No spears, but a lot of elementary ninjas and some near mass mutiny. Being the Lord of the Fruit Flies has finally come to an end.
Word of the Week
adii: /a•dē/ exclamation. 1. one word expression that is used when something goes wrong or someone tells you something you didn’t want to hear.
Example: *teacher informs students they have homework* “a-DII!”
Side note: I actually have no idea how to spell it. I usually hear it as a distinctly two syllable word with the emphasis on the last syllable. ah – deee.
Student A: "Guess who's Ms. [letter]? Not the old lady kind."
Tumbleweed Soul 