Friday, May 11, 2007

Real Life Conversations at School: No Privileges

First, the backstory: In my school, if you misbehave or earn a grade below a C- in any class, you lose your privileges. This means that you cannot go out to lunch or sign out of study halls. Your name is on a list and the entire faculty has a copy of it.

So I'm teaching U.S. History on Friday and we've been talking about the Cold War and nuclear weapons. A student in the class asks which countries have nuclear weapons. I began to identify the countries with nucs and the following conversation unfolds

T: Does Germany have nuclear weapons?

Me: Well no.

T: Why?

J-P: Because they lost their privileges.

Laughter ensues.

I love these kids.

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