Proud of myself!

[amedia]

I did not create a hostile learning environment in class today.

We were going over English-to-Latin exercises on the board. I was leading them through it this time (last time I made them go over them in small groups & put the consensus on the board). So we get to "Dido gives a dinner for the Trojans" and of course we started with our verb (dat) and our subject (Dido) and our direct object (cenam) and then I said, "What case do we put the Trojans in?"

And I resisted the very very strong temptation that suddenly came over me to say, "NOT your wallet!" And I kept a perfectly straight face. So I am very proud of myself.

*snicker*

Comments

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Oh, they know me. :-) They think I'm nuts. But there's a fine line between "cool" and "offensive," and the last thing I want is to make students feel uncomfortable.

In a smaller class, with older students... I'd be likelier to loosen up.