Monday, November 8, 2010

This Kind of People

Today, in an attempt to convince my 4th graders that similes and metaphors really do matter, I told them that Nikki Minaj says "similes, metaphors" in Jay Sean's song "2012." The entire class was a little shocked that me, their old, geeky English teacher listened to someone as flippin' cool as Nikki Minaj. But here I was, quoting lyrics, so I was totally legit. Utter shock.

Mark summed it up quite well. Too bad, I didn't have a camera to snap the hilarious look on his face as he said this to the class:

"She really listens to Nikki Minaj! I thought that kind of people listened to, like, country music."

"What kind of people?" I asked him.

"I don't know," he replied, "whatever YOU are."

White? Old? Adult? Presumably country? It was hysterical.

1 comment:

  1. All of the above! :-) That's awesome! Way to teach those 4th graders about what is really cool.....hehe! I miss you!

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