Showing posts with label weird behaviour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weird behaviour. Show all posts

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Questioning Her Mental Capacity

One of my students is now at university, and was telling me about another girl in one of her lectures. 

Girl: ... And she, just, like, constructed a fort from tables and chairs.  For no apparent reason.
Me: Why?
Girl: No idea.
Me: ... Does she do architecture? [no] Engineering? [no] So... why?
Girl: I have no idea.  But, we think she might have some... mental problems... I mean, she likes One Direction and Justin Bieber so I do question her mental capactity.

Gold.

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Weird Teacher Behaviour

15-yr-old girl I teach at home also has lessons at school.  With someone I know.  This has been rather amusing for me.  At the very start of her lesson, not even unpacked, she starts with this.

Girl: OH!  Okay, today, something very weird happened.
Me: Oh no!  M [her younger sister] just started her lesson almost the same way.  Is your violin okay?
Girl: Oh yeah.  Ha!  Yeah it's fine.  Okay, well, Mr P, at lunchtime today, we could see him just ... walking... up and down... like this [she walked a couple of metres, her arms flapping gently like wings]
Me: Why... was he doing that?
Girl: I have no idea.  But it was really weird.
Me: Did you ask him why?
Girl: No.  My friend and I were on level 2, and he was on level 1, so he was, like, a long way - a long way - away.  I only saw this because my friend saw him, and said, hey C, you have to see this... So, could you please ask him why he was flapping like a bird at lunchtime today?
Me: Um, sure.