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Things That Make You Say, “What?!”: Teenagers

October 17, 2007 By Jenny Ryan 1 Comment

Yesterday I was working on some new vocabulary words with one of my students. She quickly scanned the list, and from time to time I heard her mutter one of the words under her breath.

“Bargain…department store…size…oh, and there’s the gay man’s section.”

“What?!” I asked, apparently having missed that particular term during my own perusal of the list.

“Jenny,” she replied, in a tone designed to convey that, truly, my stupidity was beyond her ability to comprehend, “it’s synthetic fabrics.”

Filed Under: CFG And Her Students, CFG Says, What?!, Teaching: It's Not For Wimps

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  1. Oh, The Joys says

    October 18, 2007 at 2:33 pm

    Someone needs to put the “yes” back in Polyester!

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