Funny Teacher Story: I have to teach debate? Yikes!

 

So because I am an English teacher and can therefore teach anything with language 😜, I was assigned to teach our school's debate class. Now, I had never seen a debate, been in a debate, nor was I even remotely interested in debate. I begged my principal to give the class to someone else. He just patted my shoulder and said, "You can do it."  So of course I immediately went to the library and got a book on debate. It was like reading Greek. 😟

I did find a 9-week debate course workbook that I purchased. Unfortunately the class was 18 weeks. Oh well. At least I had the first nine weeks covered. (I'll think about that tomorrow-Scarlett O'Hara). 

The first day of class, I was so nervous and worried, figuring the students would know more than I knew. I was B*ll S*itting like nobody's business, pretending I knew what the h*ll I was doing. I was talking about possible topics and said, "For example, you might have to argue the pros and/or cons of a topic like Capital Punishment."

A student raised his hand and said, "Well, I personally think a parent should be able to spank his child whenever he wants to."

Okay. I think I got this. 😂😁😂