How do you spell…
Written by contributor on April 18, 2008 – 12:10 pm -As a teacher in high school I had many moments that made the day go by fast. One in particular has always stayed with me.
I was teaching my students how to write a fable in junior English class. I explained that a fable must have animal characters that have human traits. We read several famous fables and I told them that the fable must also teach a moral lesson.
They began to ask questions about the assignment. When is it due? How long does it have to be? Can it have any animal in it? I answered the last question that they could choose any animal they wanted to. Then, from one poor little student, who always seemed to be slower than a teen age girl getting ready for prom, came the question. Could he write about a gorilla?
Yes, I said.
Oh, he said. How do you spell gorilla?
Before I could answer, from the back of the room came out the answer as T-E-A-C-H-E-R.
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