Funniest Moments of Today

Funny Moment #1:  Teacher Devotions

Our high school science teacher, John, is a tech-savvy kind of guy, who has many of the latest gadgets.  His latest gadgets collection includes a Nook (or a Kindle... I'm not sure which), which he uses for teacher devotions in the morning, instead of bringing a Bible.  The headmaster tells us the reference, and we all diligently go "flip flip flip flip flip" while John goes "click click" and is there. 

Well, this morning it went like this.  The headmaster said the reference and we all began flipping.  "Aw man," John said, "I hit a wrong button!"  There was a little silence, and then, ever so softly, a little "naa naa a boo boo" song came floating from Steve's seat.  And the second grade teacher followed that with a smug little, "I'm there already."  A win for the old school among us!


Funny Moment #2: First Drama Class

Since we're planning to put on a performance of various Shakespeare scenes at the end of the year, we were reading snippets of several of the Bard's plays during drama class today.  We soon came to the wonderful scene in "The Merchant of Venice" in which Shylock demands his pound of flesh.  Shylock, read by my student Rob (in a fabulously evil voice), had just finished his bitter diatribe in which, despite what anyone said, he was going to stand for LAW, and would NEVER give in to the demands that he forgive Antonio.  And then it was time for Portia to speak.  She began her wonderful, page-long soliloquy about mercy.  But this time, instead of a 15 minute speech, she got as far as "The quality of mercy is not strained.  It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath," when Rob's evil voice broke in with the shrugged: "Oh, okay."  Now there is some abbreviated Shakespeare for you!