Today I spent somewhere between 7 and 8 hours in a van with 1 other adult and a bunch of middle school girls. For the most part the girls were a lot of fun. At one point during the early morning drive the girls began to sing the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" song, which the other teacher and I also knew by heart.
The first probably 2/3 of the day was great, including the real reason we were there--a fine arts festival.
By the last hour or two of the van ride home I wanted to sew my ears closed to stop the screeching and singing. I've complained about the guy in the gym who sings to his iPod, but 2 or 3 middle school girls singing different songs with their headphones on, while intermittently screaming and having their phones ring and yelling about boys is definitely worse.
Oh, and the only car game known to middle school girls? Guess. If you're a girl, you know. Truth or Dare. Which isn't really a game at all, as all the ladies know. But whoever invented it should be awarded a medal for legitimizing gossip and asking inappropriate questions.
13 hours ago
1 comment:
i always found truth or dare to be a bizarre concept. why must people put themselves in this context in order to tell each other things? don't girls tend to do this already?
maybe you could use the game in the classroom for history--you could dare students to look up dates, and ask them if it is true that Lincoln was assassinated or somethin.
But then they would probably hate you for sucking all the fun out of the game
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