I had a funny situation happen in class today, which further confirmed the fact that I speak way too quickly! At the end of math class this morning I was working with a few confused students one on one, while the not so confused students (who had finished their work) were able to silent read until we could all move on to the next class. One of my students (whose English isn't the best) finished her work and I told her to go silent read. Well, a couple of minutes later when I noticed that she was outside the classroom, and questioned her about it, she said with a distressed face, "You told me to go outside and play!" It took me a second or two to realize what had happened, but I suppose if you say "go silent read" really quickly, it could sound a bit like, "go outside and play".
Oh dear....well, it made me laugh....I suppose I should really focus on slowing down when I give a direction!
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