Sometimes we say things and then as soon as they come out of our mouths we wish we could take it all back...but in this life you can't, so we just hope to God that nobody heard and move on...
I don't have that luxury in teaching, because odds are never in my favor. No matter how lucky you think you might be, when something slips out of your mouth odds are that at least 1 out of 30 people will hear you...
Case and point: I am drawing a triangle up on the board and I am leading towards finding the circumcenter (and yes, I said circumcised twice that day...get over it!) I name the triangle "ABC" which I normally do. But at that point I need to choose a letter for the circumcenter. Last time I checked I had 26 letters to choose from. And for some reason only God knows, I chose "J"...I am a teacher, I think ahead...so I'm running this through my head...AJ...BJ...CJ...wait, what the hell?!?!? BJ?!?!?! Cue the panic setting in...Deep breath...now, how do I get myself out of this one. I am in a room full of 16 yr olds that have raging hormones and think everything that is inappropriate is the funniest thing EVER. I've got it! I'll make one of them say it!!
"Ok class, so if the circumcenter is equidistant away from each vertex of the triangle, the AJ is equal to"....................silence......my face is super red at this point....so I repeat. "AJ is equal to...." And like an angel sent from heaven a tiny little voice in the back (a boy mind you) says..."BJ???" Whew! Snickers and giggle fill the room, and I refuse to turn around for fear of them seeing my red face and smile...but I survived.
Now I know what you're thinking...seriously Mrs. Cheese? You subjected a student to utter embarrassment and the potential of being called "BJ boy" for the rest of the year, just so you could save face??? Yes. Yes I did.
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