Enthusiasm, Honesty and Humor ....

Imagine how thrilled I was when my first college prep class walked in the room and asked if we could switch the order of today’s lesson!

“Could we start with Mockingbird?” one of the girls asked, almost immediately.

“Really?” I asked.

“Yes!” she exclaimed.  “It’s getting SO good!”

“Seriously…?” I asked.

Several girls answered, “YES!”

Ohhhh….  They’re starting to like it!  I was so incredibly excited!  Yes!  Finally, ...!  

Of course, I hadn’t gotten my last class of the day yet.  That last class came in and worked for the whole period.  We read, discussed, and …

At the very end, one of the boys raised his hand.

“Yes?”

“Could you please call Officer ______________?” he asked.

Mildly confused and concerned that he wanted me to call our school resource officer, I asked, “Why?  Is something wrong?”

“Yes,” he said.  “I need to report a crime.  You’re killing me with this book!”

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Have mercy…!

“Oh, come on!  It's so good!  I’m even reading with an accent to spice it up!”

“It’s not working!” he replied.

I put my head down.  One of the other boys said, “It’s not you.  You’re not killing us with boredom.  It’s just this book.  No one has even died yet!”

Sigh….

I just shook my head.

“Hey, at least we’re honest,” one of the boys noted.

“Well, you are that, boys.  You are that.”

Clearly, they think I value honesty and a sense of humor.  I do, but … I’m still shaking my head.

Copyright 2013 ->Shannon