You's A "Hoe"!

Today started off well because I was able to sleep in an extra hour. It was going to be a long day of staff development, but an extra hour did me some good. Luckily, there were other teachers from my school at this workshop and we were able to sit together to make the day go faster.
There were a few interesting moments during this mostly boring day of learning about ESL learners.

One of these moments was when we heard some yelling coming from the hallway. (Did I mention this workshop took place in a high school?) All we hear is, "You's a 'hoe'! No, you's a 'hoe'! No I ain't...but you is!" (I know I spelled hoe wrong!) The other teachers from my school who think they have some very behaviorally challenged fifth graders then realized that they have nothing to worry about. It made us laugh.

The rest of the day was filled with boredom and realizations that I am smarter than any of my older counterparts that I work with. We were reading a passage and one of the teachers couldn't even understand what it said...I had to explain the meaning. By older counterparts, I mean older, but that's just at my school. I was definitely the youngest in the room, but here were many close to my age asking what I like to call STUPID questions. These are questions that could be answered by being aware of what happens around you, listening to the speaker (even though I wasn't doing that), and just knowing because it's stuff we are supposed to know.

I am going to bed early tonight because I'm just so anxious about another day of ESLness tomorrow....NOT!