Noxious gases
17 Jul 2008 3 Comments
in Childlike Tags: flatulence, students
I seem to have a knack for bringing out certain things in my students. Lately, that thing seems to be flatulence.
No fewer than six students this week have passed gas in my presence this week. Some of them have trumpeted quite loudly, while others have dropped the dreaded Silent But Deadly bombs.
Farts happen to all of us, although to some more frequently than others. What really gets me is that none of my little tooting darlings seem to be phased in the slightest when it happens to them. Not one has batted an eyelash afterwards, nor has anyone seemed the least bit embarrassed.
Ah, to be young and uninhibited again…
Musical fruit
23 Feb 2007 Leave a Comment
in Childlike, Music Tags: farting, flatulence, students
“Okay, Danny, you’re all finished!”
I handed five-year-old Danny his books and instructed him to pack them in his backpack while I wrote his weekly assignment in his notebook. As he took his books from me, I heard a noise.
Ffffffffffffft.
Having heard stranger sounds come from odd places in the old building in which we sat, I didn’t think much of the noise. I returned my attention to Danny’s notebook, writing furiously so as not to keep him and his mother waiting.
Fffffffffffffft.
I looked up, and saw a giant grin cross the boy’s face. Did he just do what I thought he did? I quickly completed Danny’s assignment and handed it to him. As he threw the book in his backpack, it came once again, a bit more audible this time.
Ffffffffffffffffooot.
There was no denying it: Danny had just farted. And he thought it was hysterical. His poor mother, a couple of yards ahead of him, turned around, a mortified look on her face. I couldn’t make eye contact; if I had, I wouldn’t have been able to control my laughter. For his were the farts that could be laughed at: funny sounding with no lingering odor.
say what?