100th post.

today, i taught my 5th graders what a koosh ball was. i was seriously AGHAST and speechless to find out that they didn't know. it went something like this:

me: "ok, when i throw you the koosh [giggling begins and i just think they are being little inapprop students...] you give me the subject and the verb in the right conjugation." i realize they are saying koosh as if they've never heard the word before.

me: "you know this is a koosh ball, right?!"
them: "a whhaaat?! no!"
me: "no, you're kidding me, right?"
them: no we're being serious.
me:no, like seriously, you actually don't know what a koosh is? what did you think this was called?
them: a little fuzzy ball.
me: ok. ok. listen closely. this is a koosh ball. see the little rubbery strings? this is speficially a koosh ball. you can fling it and hit people with it and it won't hurt them. [me, imagining rosie o'donnell sling shotting them into her audience... that probably wouldn't have helped my case.]
them: this is the best thing we've learned all day.

success.

p.s. i just googled the koosh. a little sad to see it's listed on the website "badfads.com" also in an article entitled "ridiculous ideas that earned people millions." whatever.