On Study Hall....

Me: (seeing two boys wearing their backpacks at their table) "Why aren't you doing anything? Get something out to work on."

John: "I don't have any homework."

Me: "Yes, you do. I gave you English homework today."

John: "Darn it."

Me: "Yeah. Get it out."

Eric: (picks up an Algebra book and begins to 'read' it)

Me: "No. You're not reading an algebra book."

Eric: "but...I have a test on Monday. For real."

Me: "You don't study math by reading it."

John: "Okay, fine."

(two minutes later)

Me: "John, are you in Latin class?"

John: (peeking over the Latin book he's reading) "Ummm"

Me: "Do something that you need to do." (I look behind him to the back table) "Chris, are you reading the dictionary?"

Chris: "What? Of course I am. I'm memorizing it."

Me: "Shenanigans."

Chris: "What does that mean?"

Me: "Look it up. Hahahaha."

Me: "hahahaa. Because you have a dictionary."



Meanwhile, the girls at the back table begin singing:

"Sister Sefcik kissed Brother Manning...she liked the taste of his fishy chapstick..."

Other student: "Ewww."

Anne: (to me) "You should take a stand."

Me: (in actor voice) "I refuse to be treated this way!" (fist punch to the sky)

Diane: "No. Don't do the Shakespeare thing. That just works against you."