The 10 Weirdest Things I Have Actually Done as a Teacher

Ah, teaching. With enough practice in the craft, information technology brings out the best in u.s.a.. Occasionally information technology'll bring out the worst in usa. Simply no matter whether y'all teach kindergartners or leap semester seniors, teaching will definitely bring out the weirdest in us.

Since I started teaching, I've tacked upwards a poster in every new classroom that says "Be nice. Piece of work difficult. Stay Weird." Here are just a smattering of ways I've found myself living by those words since starting on this delightfully aberrant journey:

Made this poster.

I'm a big fan of showing upwardly at my students' games, concerts, and other events with bootleg posters. This one is supposed to say "I heart orca-straw" (orchestra), but the first time I held information technology up afterwards a concert my pupil paused and, after careful idea, said, "…You love whale juice?" I still haven't recovered.

Had custom piñatas made that were essentially giant grey balls.

In my rookie years when I got a grant for a course ready of The Hunger Games, I tried to recall of a good enrichment/culminating activeness and landed on tracker jacker "nest" piñatas. What connection did this have to actual learning, you enquire? Roughly zero. But it was crazy fun, highly memorable, and I got some very puzzled looks from the artisans at the piñata shop.

Dressed upward as… everything.

Katniss Everdeen. Scout Finch. Moby from BrainPop. Ms. Frizzle. Princess Leia.

Mispronounced "a slimy rock cod" in the worst fashion possible while reading Amy Tan'southward short story "Fish Cheeks" out loud to 7th graders.

I don't want to talk nigh it.

Fixed my broken pants by having a student instructor assistance me staple the hip seam back together.

At that place is no such affair in instruction as, "Tin can I become home? My pants are broken." In that location was a LOT of laughing that 24-hour interval. (Simply so we're clear, the staple affair was her idea and she volunteered equally tribute.)

Held a course wall-sit competition to give students the illusion of power.

Listen. I wanted my students to read a curt story for homework, so I told them if I beat out every single student in a wall-sit contest, they had to read the story ane dark, and if one of them won, they'd go two nights to read it. Here'due south the thing: I didn't really care if information technology took one nighttime or 2. In the finish, nosotros all got what we wanted: they were delighted to trounce me at something and win what felt like extra time, I got them to read the brusk story, and nosotros all strengthened our quads (cross-curricular learning!). A couple minutes of wall-sits in exchange for total buy-in and relationship building? Worth it. Although I oasis't done it since because my legs were barely functional for the side by side 3 days.

Witnessed a swarm of termites come flying out of a pigsty in my wall during tutorials.

It was highly heady.

Said, "I don't mean to infringe on your personal behavior, but cannibalism is discouraged in my class."

I'grand non here to judge. I am, still, hither to redirect students who gnaw on each other'due south arms. Also, if y'all don't already proceed a running Discussion document of all the weird things y'all find yourself saying every mean solar day, I highly recommend you get-go.

Had to institute official classroom regulations on farting and singing songs from Frozen.

We welcome singing and normal actual functions in my class, provided that the actual functions do not take on a competitive edge and that the singing does not threaten the sanity of other students.

Given abroad the world's weirdest stickers.

1 of the only extrinsic rewards I believe in are these disarmingly weird stickers. They're non for high grades or perfect attendance. Just whenever I think a educatee could utilize a child's foot, a locust, or a bowl of herbed yogurt. You can grab (and stick) your ain by ordering ane from Amazon here.

Trusted middle schoolers with magnet poetry.

The best poem I've plant to engagement: Beloved, delight microwave my codpiece. I actually didn't know what a codpiece was until I found this poem. Then I Googled it. And then I removed it from my magnet poetry collection.

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