I had another hilarious encounter with a Year 9 today. I am definitely going to write these down and release a book – I’ll probably have enough material by the end of my first year.
Anyway, I was teaching Romeo and Juliet (a personal favourite of mine, so I was really getting into it). I was writing on the board when one of the kids behind me called out ‘didn’t that careless whisper guy ever work with Shakespeare?’
I paused, unsure that I heard correctly. ‘Do you mean George Michael?’ I asked.
‘Yeah, him!’ the student nodded enthusiastically.
The teaching assistant that was in my room almost killed her self laughing. I was struggling to breathe as I explained that William Shakespeare and George Michael, unfortunately, never had the opportunity to work together.
When I joined the teaching profession I never thought that I would be using precious teaching time to clarify that Shakespeare was never the other member of Wham.
Much Love
Rachel xx
Margot Kinberg
Oh, Rachel, that is hilarious! So very funny!!! You really should collect all of this stuff into a book! Thanks for sharing.
patientandkindlove
I think I’ll carry that one with me for my whole career.
juliadeniro
Hilarious!
patientandkindlove
It killed me.
clcouch123
I think offering a storybook (a collection of real stories) about the first year teaching with maybe the training prior would be valuable.
patientandkindlove
Especially in COVID times. There are only a few of us that will ever be able to say ‘you’ll never guess which year I trained in!”