What interesting times we have when teaching 9th graders. In the past week we had a guest speaker who has just finished research in Rwanda. He visited with my 9th grade students and explained how methane gas was captured and used to heat water to cook in their homes. For your information two cows will provide four hours of cooking in the home. The next day we had a short quiz from our guest presentation and the question was "What animal must a family own to have methane gas for cooking?" A young lady responded, "Mr. Young I can remember the type of animal but not her name!". I also did not know the cow's name and was not much help to her!
Same class different young lady gives me a Redneck definition of ruminant that Jeff Foxworthy would appreciate. She was not sure what animals were ruminants but when asked if anyone could define she states "Mr. Young there is no room-n-ant closet." You will just have to sound out for yourself to appreciate.
Teaching can be very funny at times and we must learn to laugh with the kids because tommorrow is my day to make a mistatke I'm sure.
Ha! All you had to do was matter-of-factly state that the cow's name was Martha. One of the other students would've then chimed in with her real name - if only to argue with you.
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