Ian and I were talking about our jobs to each. We both shared the same hesitation to the fact that we cannot understand any of our students when they speak German to each other. “I know they’re not making fun of me, but.” “Yeah, my students are very playful with me. It’s very transparent that they are teasing, so I play along. I laugh and smile, making them feel like it’s cool to have fun.” I have one student who has a very low attention span, and by the last 15 minutes of class he starts to get restless. Today he drew a person pooing and peeing. He showed me and we all started laughing about poo poo and pee pee. I think potty humor is a very important aspect to life and deserves a lot of attention. Anyway, by the last 10 minutes of class I was a little tired of hearing “Poo poo! Pee pee!” over and over and over. I caught myself actually say, “Ok, Tom! That’s enough poo poo!”
