Ouch!

"Why don't we watch it in class, Mr. Rideout?"

Don't dish it out if you can't take it!

Students are always commenting that I roast them too hard, but I am generally surprised by this as I'm thinking we are all just joking around.  But today, JW (who has been campaigning hard for a blog post mention BTW), roasted me but good and now I'm thinking maybe I should be more gentle and kind... (wonder if there's a book I can read to teach me how?)

Someone mentioned the movie E.T. and how they had never seen it. I then talked about how that movie falls into the category of "Big-Time-when-it-came-out-but-does-not-hold-up-well-over-time" category.  JW said she loved the movie.  However I suspect that it was actually her doppelgänger lovin' on that movie, not the real JW (running inside joke in class, don't ask).


I said: "That movie is slow and boring!"

She retorts: "This class is slow and boring!"

She remains unapologetic as I gasp in astonishment and pain.

I just wanted to phone home ("Mommy, the students are being mean to me!")

I haven't been so belittled since that old episode of The Flash!