Teach Me How To Dougie

Black Kid: Guess what I did last night.

Me: What?

Black Kid: I locked myself in my room and searched YouTube videos to teach myself how to dougie.

Me: **blank stare** Um, seriously?

Black Kid: Yep, then my dad came in my room and he thought it was really weird, but I told him not to worry...You want to see what I learned, Miss Joe?

Me: Ummmm....

White Kid: OOOOOOOh, CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE????

**the Black kid then breaks out into something LIKE the dougie, but not really**

Me: ** blank stare**

**BELL RINGS**

Elevator Music

...So, I started a new thing with my 10th graders today. When they come into the room they are supposed to do silent, individual work until a few minutes after the tardy bell; in order to keep them quiet and focused, I've started playing music while they work. Today I started out with "In A Sentimental Mood" by John Coltrane and Duke Ellington. The plan was to begin with that and if they worked quietly while that was playing I would switch over to more popular music. Well, one of my students came out to the hallway and asked, "Miss Joe, why is there elevator music playing in the room?" I laughed and answered, "It's not elevator music!!! It's jazz. It's John Coltrane and Duke Ellington!" She said, "Well, it just sounds like elevator music to me...I was wondering why it was on. Are you going to change it?" Lol..."In A Sentimental Mood" elevator music? I think NOT!!!! Ah, these kids! Lol.