John Pearson, the author of Learn Me Good (a fictionalized account of his first year of teaching), reads a chapter from his novel about a child's disturbing question.Leave a comment, and you could win a free T-shirt! See my blog for more details.
Hey, I love the video! I love your blog, too. You've got "it," which means, of course, that you can put any antecedent to "it" that you want and it will be true.
I used to teach ESL. Had more fun with "sheet" and "ship"...yeah. I second redkudu's comment - that was the best part.
JessiebelleTX 4 years ago
Very informative :)
cait215 4 years ago
Ooohhh, dear. I had this whole comment thought out about how you just open your eyes wider and speak louder until the ending...augh!
--educat
efferjen 4 years ago
Very funny. It's hard to keep a straight face sometimes isn't it?
stdugger 4 years ago
My response would have been, "This is Science class. We use the metric system. Back to work!"
rasurec 4 years ago
Heeee! Very funny ;)
mzzzzzteachrrr 4 years ago
Ha! I was an ESL specialist my first year. This chapter brings back many memories!
nickifox21 4 years ago
Sophmoric, childish, geekish, in short everything I've come to like about Mr. Teacher and LearnMeGood!
EducationinTexas 4 years ago
Oh, Wow. That next parent-teacher meeting musta been a doozie!
KauaiMark 4 years ago
Hey, I love the video! I love your blog, too. You've got "it," which means, of course, that you can put any antecedent to "it" that you want and it will be true.
MamacitaG 4 years ago