The other day, my students were taking a test. One of my student's desk was really close to mine, and I had to get to my desk for something. I couldn't fit through the space left between my desk and the student's so I jokingly said, "Can you pull your desk back? I'm skinny, but I'm not that skinny." The student laughed and pulled his desk back.
Immediately after I said that the student next to him said, "Ms. Caprini, you ain't skinny," and looked at me half laughing.
I had to stop for a moment and look at her with a "what?" expression.
She then repeated, "You ain't skinny."
I wasn't really sure what to say at that point, so I just scrunched my face together in surprised confusion, shaking my head, saying "Uh...."
"Well you're not," she said. "You ain't fat. But you ain't skinny neither." Then she paused, and very matter of factly said, "You fit."
....Right. Well, world, there you go. I'm fit.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Those Daily Moments
Wow! Where have I been!? It's like I left you guys all alone. . .
. . . oh wait . . . sorry. My bad. I'm back now, and with quite an interesting few stories to tell! Sometimes, kids say the darn-dest things, regardless if they're 8 or 18. In fact, I've had 3 fun stories in the last month alone. Enjoy! (names have been changed)
(1) had a black, square-plastic, long necklace around my neck. One young adult approached me, dead serious, and asked, "Are those real black diamonds?" (hold dramatic pause here) "No, Greg." "So they're not real?" "No, Greg." "oh." "Greg, if these were real, I'd have body guards walking around with me!" "But aren't black diamonds cheaper?" "Not that much cheaper." " . . . oh."
(2) [side note, I recently got engaged and one student said "WHAT does your fiancé do?" / "Why?" / "He has to be a huge surgeon or something because nobody can afford that ring." I laughed] Fast forward two weeks. Same student approaches me and says, "I figured you out!" / "Oh?!" / "You're old money." / (insert laughing here) "Oh?!?" / "yeah, totally. Old money. You're straight living off grandpa's trust fund" / (laughing) / "Yeah. Your grandpa so got rich, like Rockefeller business rich, and you're just enjoying it now and living off it." / "Yes, Jamal, you're so right. How did you know?!" (still laughing but trying to be serious) / "Like, the only reason you work here is because you'd be bored with nothing to do and you're doing your 'humanitarian give back' work." / "I need to meet this grandpa of mine!"
(3) Almost 18 year old kid I was working with was talking and talking and talking and talking and (gasp) talking and talking, and I finally said, "Seriously! Please just work." :-) "Sorry."....and three seconds later: talking and talking and talking and talking, so I just stared at him, waiting and wondering if he had any conscious notion of what had just happened. He, still talking, looked up at me, caught himself, and stopped talking. Then he smiled, shook his head and started working. Withing two seconds I hear, "My momma used to say I was retarded . . . as a kid . . . but I grew out of it."
Oy vey.
. . . oh wait . . . sorry. My bad. I'm back now, and with quite an interesting few stories to tell! Sometimes, kids say the darn-dest things, regardless if they're 8 or 18. In fact, I've had 3 fun stories in the last month alone. Enjoy! (names have been changed)
(1) had a black, square-plastic, long necklace around my neck. One young adult approached me, dead serious, and asked, "Are those real black diamonds?" (hold dramatic pause here) "No, Greg." "So they're not real?" "No, Greg." "oh." "Greg, if these were real, I'd have body guards walking around with me!" "But aren't black diamonds cheaper?" "Not that much cheaper." " . . . oh."
(2) [side note, I recently got engaged and one student said "WHAT does your fiancé do?" / "Why?" / "He has to be a huge surgeon or something because nobody can afford that ring." I laughed] Fast forward two weeks. Same student approaches me and says, "I figured you out!" / "Oh?!" / "You're old money." / (insert laughing here) "Oh?!?" / "yeah, totally. Old money. You're straight living off grandpa's trust fund" / (laughing) / "Yeah. Your grandpa so got rich, like Rockefeller business rich, and you're just enjoying it now and living off it." / "Yes, Jamal, you're so right. How did you know?!" (still laughing but trying to be serious) / "Like, the only reason you work here is because you'd be bored with nothing to do and you're doing your 'humanitarian give back' work." / "I need to meet this grandpa of mine!"
(3) Almost 18 year old kid I was working with was talking and talking and talking and talking and (gasp) talking and talking, and I finally said, "Seriously! Please just work." :-) "Sorry."....and three seconds later: talking and talking and talking and talking, so I just stared at him, waiting and wondering if he had any conscious notion of what had just happened. He, still talking, looked up at me, caught himself, and stopped talking. Then he smiled, shook his head and started working. Withing two seconds I hear, "My momma used to say I was retarded . . . as a kid . . . but I grew out of it."
Oy vey.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
The Men's Ring
Let me tell you, ladies and gentleman, if you are searching for the men's wedding ring, remember this: it is NOT easy! As one woman so eloquently put it, there are so many options out there nowadays for men that it's almost as complicated as finding the perfect engagement ring! .... And she was right!
We have trekked over many miles hunting for his ring. We went to Jared, Kay, Bella Cosa, Macy's, Saks, and David Yurman. After 8 places, and some being multiple visits, we think we may have found one! YAY! And it's only 2 months later, but that's okay. The important thing is that it's found.
The other thing we discovered? The newest trend in men's wedding rings is to buy 2. TWO! Apparently, especially for the rough and tumble man, he buys the one that is his "band," and then one that is his "in case it gets ________" band (you can fill it in with anything, but we were told things like: lost, nicked at work, in the way of heavy lifting or his fixing of things) crazy. And I thought it was intense enough buying a matching wedding band for the engagement ring, but apparently there was a lot I had yet to learn!
So, ladies and gentleman, make sure you leave yourselves ample room to look. Start early, and enjoy. You may even get some free beer and wine in the process, depending on which store you visit! Happy hunting!
We have trekked over many miles hunting for his ring. We went to Jared, Kay, Bella Cosa, Macy's, Saks, and David Yurman. After 8 places, and some being multiple visits, we think we may have found one! YAY! And it's only 2 months later, but that's okay. The important thing is that it's found.
The other thing we discovered? The newest trend in men's wedding rings is to buy 2. TWO! Apparently, especially for the rough and tumble man, he buys the one that is his "band," and then one that is his "in case it gets ________" band (you can fill it in with anything, but we were told things like: lost, nicked at work, in the way of heavy lifting or his fixing of things) crazy. And I thought it was intense enough buying a matching wedding band for the engagement ring, but apparently there was a lot I had yet to learn!
So, ladies and gentleman, make sure you leave yourselves ample room to look. Start early, and enjoy. You may even get some free beer and wine in the process, depending on which store you visit! Happy hunting!
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