...about school

School is going very well. Three whole days in. Yesterday, my fifth period was looking glum so I stopped talking and said, "Ok, I'm going to tell you the funniest word in the English language. It's hilarious. Guaranteed to make you laugh. You ready?" They kind of nodded back at me. So I very simply said, "poop." And they just laughed. Because it was not what they were expecting me to say. Part of me was thinking, oh yeah, that's exactly what I need them to tell their parents. "Mom, my teacher told us that poop is a funny word today." But then, so what? I was not talking about the object, I was talking about the word and it worked. After I made them laugh, they were a little more participatory. So yay.