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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Bominicious
A student teacher was doing her student teaching somewhere in the Deep South. On the first day of her kindergarten class, she was calling the roll and asked the students to let her know if they wanted to be called something other than what the role showed.
When she called one little boy’s name, he responded in a thick southern accent saying, “Call me by my initials.” Now in order for this story to work at all in written form, you have to imagine what that would sound like in thick southern drawl. It must have been something closer to “Cawl me buh muh ‘nicials.”
The teacher, unable to understand his words, asked the boy to repeat himself. “Cawl me buh muh ‘nicials” the boy said again.
“Bominicious?” the teacher asked, confused?
“Buh muh ‘nicials,” the boy corrected.
“Well okay then Bominicious.” And with that, incredible as it sounds, the teacher made a note on her roll that the boy’s name was Bominicious… and she called him that for the rest of the term.
The five-year-old boy was obviously too bashful to correct his teacher, but can you imagine the ridicule he must have faced on the playground? The poor kid was almost Destiny Child’s next hit song.
Now the best part of the story…
How did the teacher finally come to realize her mistake? Well, at the end of the term she had parent-teacher conferences with the parents of all the children. When this boy’s parents came in, the teacher kept saying things about Bominicious.
Imagine if you will: “Well, Bominicious is doing well in his coloring, but when it comes time to share, little Bominicious has a hard time.”
After a couple repetitions, the boy’s mother screwed up her face and asked, “What are you calling my son?”
“Bominicious.” Replied the teacher.
The mother became a bit angry. “And WHY are you calling my son Bomincious?” she asked, raising her voice in strong Southern fashion.
Now the teacher was nervous. “Well he told me to. The very first day of class when I was calling role he said, ‘call me Bominicious.’”
The mother thought about it for a few beats and quickly came to the truth. “He said, ‘Call me by my initials.’ We call him T.J.!”
When she called one little boy’s name, he responded in a thick southern accent saying, “Call me by my initials.” Now in order for this story to work at all in written form, you have to imagine what that would sound like in thick southern drawl. It must have been something closer to “Cawl me buh muh ‘nicials.”
The teacher, unable to understand his words, asked the boy to repeat himself. “Cawl me buh muh ‘nicials” the boy said again.
“Bominicious?” the teacher asked, confused?
“Buh muh ‘nicials,” the boy corrected.
“Well okay then Bominicious.” And with that, incredible as it sounds, the teacher made a note on her roll that the boy’s name was Bominicious… and she called him that for the rest of the term.
The five-year-old boy was obviously too bashful to correct his teacher, but can you imagine the ridicule he must have faced on the playground? The poor kid was almost Destiny Child’s next hit song.
Now the best part of the story…
How did the teacher finally come to realize her mistake? Well, at the end of the term she had parent-teacher conferences with the parents of all the children. When this boy’s parents came in, the teacher kept saying things about Bominicious.
Imagine if you will: “Well, Bominicious is doing well in his coloring, but when it comes time to share, little Bominicious has a hard time.”
After a couple repetitions, the boy’s mother screwed up her face and asked, “What are you calling my son?”
“Bominicious.” Replied the teacher.
The mother became a bit angry. “And WHY are you calling my son Bomincious?” she asked, raising her voice in strong Southern fashion.
Now the teacher was nervous. “Well he told me to. The very first day of class when I was calling role he said, ‘call me Bominicious.’”
The mother thought about it for a few beats and quickly came to the truth. “He said, ‘Call me by my initials.’ We call him T.J.!”
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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