Friday, February 12, 2021

Too Much Information

Middle schoolers are way more fun virtually. Things that are annoying (or worse, disruptive) in person take on a certain whimsy online. 

Friday. I was covering a special ed middle school English class. Out of nowhere, a student turned on his microphone and announced, "I pooped my pants!" 

Me: "Thank you for sharing???" 

Then he turned his microphone back on to apologize. Apparently little sister took control of his computer to...? Perhaps she was trying to embarrass him. 

Mission accomplished. 

22 comments:

  1. Some family is going to be short one little daughter, I suspect. As an only child (and a mother of an only child)...so happy I was an only child. I can see why you are a teacher and I am not. I probably would have lost it, laughing, but I actually feel for all the families stuck at home with little children finding new ways to torment their older siblings.

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    1. I was more perplexed than anything. Then when he said sister, it made sense.

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  2. Oh my goodness...hahahaaa. Little sister got him good as they say.

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  3. She sure did. this will be a longstanding memory.

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  4. OH my....

    Embarrassing Zoom moments....did you hear about the lawyer who had to tell the judge "I am not a cat"?

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    1. Oh yes. At least that was a him problem and not a family member problem.

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  5. She was 100% trying to embarrass him. Source: self, a little sister.

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  6. Oh well, by the time he gets to see his classmates face-to-face again, they will probably have forgotten...

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  7. We do live either interesting or strange time.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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  8. Someone is probably already writing a book on memorable Zoom moments.

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  9. Hahahaha that is really embarrassing. Poor boy.

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  10. Ah, little sisters.
    I bet that sometime down the road, he will get even.

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  11. Oh, ha ha ha ha! So funny, but yeah, mortifying for that student. Love your substitute teacher stories, Liz!

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    1. Thanks. They are the backbone of the blog, so they'll keep coming.

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