Yesterday in class I overheard a group of students whispering. "Yeah! We should totally do it!" Someone looked at me. "Do you think she would let us?"
A little while later, one of them approached me. "Can we have a flash mob at the end of class tomorrow? Right before lunch?"
I shrugged. "Sure," I said. Truthfully, I was curious.
He returned to the table. "She said, 'Yes'!" he reported. They seemed a little stunned.
This morning another student came to double check on my permission. "Can somebody put a song on their phone so we have music?"
"Okay," I said.
"Really?"
"Yep."
They are very good students, but I was still impressed at how focused they were during class. They did not want to lose the opportunity. Two minutes before the bell, they made eye contact, and I nodded. Tinny music started softly as the five of them stood up. Two immediately lost their nerve and sat back down. The other three did a diffident version of the Harlem Shake. At first nobody noticed, but then a few other kids stood up and did a little Gundum style arm motion. The bell rang not too long after that and everyone filed out cheerfully to lunch.
I was a little disappointed, but they seemed satisfied to have tried and, well, not succeeded.
A little while later, one of them approached me. "Can we have a flash mob at the end of class tomorrow? Right before lunch?"
I shrugged. "Sure," I said. Truthfully, I was curious.
He returned to the table. "She said, 'Yes'!" he reported. They seemed a little stunned.
This morning another student came to double check on my permission. "Can somebody put a song on their phone so we have music?"
"Okay," I said.
"Really?"
"Yep."
They are very good students, but I was still impressed at how focused they were during class. They did not want to lose the opportunity. Two minutes before the bell, they made eye contact, and I nodded. Tinny music started softly as the five of them stood up. Two immediately lost their nerve and sat back down. The other three did a diffident version of the Harlem Shake. At first nobody noticed, but then a few other kids stood up and did a little Gundum style arm motion. The bell rang not too long after that and everyone filed out cheerfully to lunch.
I was a little disappointed, but they seemed satisfied to have tried and, well, not succeeded.
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