When the Teacher FAILS...

I don't know about you but I have been trained, trained some more and then trained again on Cultural Proficiency. Let me tell you that I truly honor and value the differences within all the cultural communities that I serve.

...but I'm here to share with you how in a matter of 30 seconds I completely ruined all training that I have ever been apart of.

Let me set the scene for you:

We are PUMPED, EXCITED and everyone is involved. We are learning about common and proper nouns. We are actually on day 3 of learning about common and proper nouns and the kids are really getting it and I am on that teacher high...just killin' the lesson.

Me: Okay class, raise your hand if you can tell me a common noun.

Student1: baby

Me: Yes!! (super excited and squealy teacher voice)

Me: Now, who has a baby brother or sister and wants to share their name?

Student1: Butterfly (loud and proud)

Me: Did you say "butterfly"?

Student1: Yes, butterfly. (in a soft voice, quiet voice)

Me: Well, that is a common noun but a proper noun for a butterfly would be the name of certain butterfly, like Monarch? Now, what is your sister's name?

Student1: Butterfly

At this point another student looks at the above student1 and starts to comfort them.

Student2: It's okay, I think your sister's name is pretty.

Wait...why is this student comforting student1? What is going on?

Me: Your sister's name is Butterfly????!!!

What?!?! --Well, there goes my common and proper noun lesson and I fell from that teacher high real quick.

Me: Ok, class....if your name or your sister's name is Butterfly then you must capitalize it because it is a proper noun BUT any other time we use butterfly we don't need to capitalize it.

Who would of thought "Butterfly" was a child's name??? So I am currently looking into more training as I handled that particular situation poorly.

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