The teacher asks the class of children to come up with a sentence beginning with “I”.
After some children come to the front with predictable statements about having a cat or a certain toy, a child steps up and says a sentence, “I is-” and is immediately interrupted by the teacher, “I am!”
She side-eyes the teacher, frowns, and ignores her teacher, starting again, “I is-” again, the teacher interrupts her, this time a little more snappily, “It’s I am! Use the proper word!”
The girl turns to look at her this time, eyelids drooped with exasperation.
“Fine,” she sighs, “I AM the ninth letter of the alphabet.”
A math teacher welcomed a new French exchange student
A math teacher welcomed a new French exchange student to her class, then started teaching a lesson on fractions.
The French exchange student raised his hand and said, “Excuse me, Madam, but I don’t know how to say fractions. How do you say those?”
“It’s very simple,” said the teacher, “just say the top number and then the bottom number is read as an ordinal number. For example, 2/3 is ‘two-thirds’, 3/4 is ‘three-fourths’, and 2/5 is ‘two-fifths.”
“Thanks, I understand, “said the exchange student.
“Good,” said the teacher, then asked the student, “how do you say 4/8?”
“Should I reduce?” asked the boy.
“That would be best,” said the teacher.
“One-second,” said the boy.
“Take as long as you need,” said the teacher.
