09/22/09

In 6th grade today, I had finished a few minutes early with the lesson. All of the students had finished their practice problems which we don't always get through. We usually come close, but there are days where there are a few left (just review problems) so I have them do these along with any homework I assign. Whenever they finish early, I let them ask me questions. They usually ask about my family, if I have siblings, and so on. Then, there is the one question that they always want to ask.

Well, a week ago, I was in the middle of class. I had them working on a few problems and told them to raise their hand if anyone had a question or needed help. Merry (yes, this is the correct spelling) raised her hand. She always has her hand up and is done early...just grinning away. I asked her if she was done. She said, "yes!". I checked her answer which was correct and I let her know. She kept her hand up. She tends to do this as if I'd let her answer five questions in a row without calling on anyone else. I looked at her and asked if she had a question. She said she did. I asked her what it was and with the biggest smile, she leaned forward and in a quiet whisper asked me, "Do you have a girlfriend?". No one had noticed what she asked because she was so quiet. Since we were in the middle of the lesson, I leaned forward and said, "We're in the middle of a lesson. You'll have to ask me another time." She just laughed and started working again.

So, today they had time to ask questions and of course, it came up again. I saw that Merry had her hand in the air. I called on her and she asked me again in a whisper. I said I couldn't hear her and said she would have to speak up. She repeated it, but still just as quiet. I said, "You'll have to ask a little louder." At this, she raised her voice plenty for the whole class to hear. As soon as the question went out the entire class perked up and was focused! I told them that I did. That made them giggle and squirm. Of course they asked what her name was. I said, "her name is Lindsey". I was expecting all sorts of questions after that, but didn't get any. Below is a picture of Merry who had asked. And of course, here is a picture of my sweetheart, Lindsey, who they were all asking about :)