Homeroom Humor

The Truth PaysAs the class filed into the room, I noticed that James had stumbled over the foot that Kenny had strategically placed in front of him. I called Kenny over, and before I could say anything, he said, ”I know I shouldn’t have tried to trip James, but I was only being funny. I would never hurt him. He is my friend. I’m sorry.” I looked at him and said, “I am so impressed. You told me what you did wrong; you accepted responsibility for it, and you apologized.” Kenny looked at me with his big blue eyes behind even bigger glasses and said, “Oh, I learned a long time ago that if you tell the teacher what you’ve done before she says anything, you don’t get in as much trouble!” ~Susan Rodda, NE Zeta

Humor - Giftedness

I have been a teacher in the gifted education program since 1980. Early in my career, meeting for the first time with a group of identified second graders, I carefully explained the gifted program and what it meant to be gifted in reading or math. I emphasized that we should always reach for our very best when learning at school. I asked if there were any questions. A little girl immediately raised her hand to inquire rather impatiently, “But when do we GET the presents?”

~Marcia James, NC Alpha Phi

Dos Divided Into Quatro?

One day as I was walking down the hall, a colleague who taught fourth grade beckoned me to her door and asked if I would monitor her class while she ran to the copier to make a worksheet for them. She gave me a copy of the math book and told me the class was checking their homework on division. I was glad to do it. As their Spanish teacher, I knew all the students and thought it would be fun. I called on a student to read the first problem and give the answer, and then I put it on the board so we could check the answer. Of course, I wrote the problem down and did the division process as I had been taught decades ago. One student was so excited he blurted out, “Is that how they divide in Spanish? Will you teach us how to divide in Spanish?” I smiled and said, “I sure will.”

~ Susan Rodda, NE Zeta

It’s All About the Hair

Where were you during the summer of ‘22? Many of us were attending regional conferences. Excitement reigned – in-person for the first time in almost three years and the anticipation of all those hugs. Suddenly, our thoughts turned to “What will we wear?” But for some, it turned to “All About the Hair!”

Southwest Regional Conference in Honolulu and beautiful walks on Waikiki Beach equaled “hula hair.”

South Central Regional Conference and those wild prairie winds in Kansas equaled the “windblown look.”

Gulf Regional Conference and a gorgeous evening boating on the St. John’s River equaled “boat hair.”

North Central Regional Conference and a riverboat ride equaled “humidity hair.”

Northeast Regional Conference and 40-mile-an-hour wind off the Atlantic Ocean equaled the “wild-woman look.”

Finally, Southeast Regional Conference equaled more of the “straight gentle ocean breeze hair.”

Then, conference pictures came to mind. What should I do? This meant a quick visit to a beauty salon before each conference. That should have been the solution. Was it? Not really The summer of ‘22 was definitely “All About the Hair!” ~ Betty Jo Evers, International Vice President for Membership