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judifilksign ([personal profile] judifilksign) wrote2010-05-04 04:32 pm
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Was That a Threat?

One of my students claimed to his house coordinator that he'd felt threatened by me today.  (In fact, the student did not even have me in class today.)

His house coordinator showed up in my classroom to check in with me about this concern (not really being worried that I had actually threatened anybody, but wanting to know how the student was doing in my room, so we could make a plan for improvement.)

When he walked in during my planning period, I was in the midst of singing (and signing, no less, elbows planted in my ribs) "My Laugh Is an Evil Laugh," complete with stomping feet and "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! DIE!"

The coordinator just about died laughing.  I just about died of embarrassment, but covered well, since I *do* have the "crazy" reputation.  "Was this your threat?" was the question. 

"What threat?  This is but T-Rexian nature,"  I said as composedly as anyone caught stomping about her own classroom like a dinosaur can.  We sorted out the kid's problem.

For the rest of the day, I had people murmuring to me "Ha, ha ha ha.  Ha, ha, ha, ha.  Ha, ha, ha, ha, DIE!"  (I consider this a win, actually.)

In my defense, I claim to be but a minion of Seanan McGuire.

[identity profile] catsittingstill.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
You may be inspired by Seanan McGuire, but you are a leader in your own right and no minion. :-)

"Ha ha ha ha die" indeed :-)
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[identity profile] thnidu.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
A win indeed!

[identity profile] debmats.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
It's a good thing most of my office mates have already gone home. Much giggling... =)

Though, now I've got the song stuck in my head.

[identity profile] janeg.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
All teachers should do that! Making science fun and memorable has to be a good thing.

See you at ConFluence!

[identity profile] judifilksign.livejournal.com 2010-05-05 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Please note that I wasn't teaching, but tidying my room between classes. This was just me caught being me, really.

[identity profile] sweetmusic-27.livejournal.com 2010-05-06 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Still totally awesome. <3!